Project Gutenberg 2018-09-05 Public domain in the USA. 244 Crane, Walter 1845 1915 w06000069 Ideals in Art: Papers Theoretical, Practical, Critical Reading ease score: 50.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. Of the arts and crafts movement: its general tendency and possible outcome -- Of the teaching of art -- Of methods of art teaching -- Note on Tolstoi's "What is art?" -- Of the influence of modern, social, and economic conditions on the sense of beauty -- Of the social and ethical bearings of art -- Of ornament and its meaning -- Thoughts on house-decoration -- Of the progress of taste in dress in relation to art education -- Of temporary street decorations -- Of the treatment of animal forms in decoration and heraldry -- Of the designing of book-covers -- Of the use of gilding in decoration -- Of raised work in gesso -- The relation of the easel picture to decorative art -- A great artist [G. F. Watts] in a literary searchlight. Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Ideals in Art: Papers Theoretical, Practical, Critical" by Walter Crane is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The work reflects Crane's thoughts and observations as an artist and designer, discussing the intersection of art with social, economic, and aesthetic issues of his time. The essays cover various topics, including the Arts and Crafts movement, the teaching of art, and the social implications of artistic expression, aiming to elevate the understanding of beauty in art and its relation to life. The opening of this collection establishes Walter Crane's objectives in discussing the revival of handicrafts and the broader implications of art in society. He emphasizes the historical context of the Arts and Crafts movement, covering its rise from earlier decorative art traditions. The text showcases his reflections on how social and economic conditions affect artistic expression and beauty, drawing attention to the need for genuine and sincere design in a modern world dominated by industrialization. Crane suggests that understanding art must encompass its historical evolution as well as its social responsibilities, setting a critical tone for the essays that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Art N Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 395952 396066 2025-02-23T06:44:05.975241 2023-09-25T04:43:28.839319 text/html text/html 375222 2018-09-05T12:10:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 13329861 2018-09-05T12:10:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 14897872 2025-02-23T06:44:17.126193 application/epub+zip 14895952 2025-02-23T06:44:09.180169 application/epub+zip 219812 2025-02-23T06:44:07.327163 application/epub+zip 14985000 2025-02-23T06:44:22.544133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 14934739 2025-02-23T06:44:15.275133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275878 2022-09-26T07:28:00.130273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305129 304923 2025-02-23T06:44:04.655221 2023-09-25T04:43:27.022328 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 305255 2018-09-05T12:10:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 114086 2018-09-05T12:10:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20322 2025-02-23T06:44:22.706105 application/rdf+xml 15002 2025-02-23T06:44:07.456198 image/jpeg 2526 2025-02-23T06:44:07.392174 image/jpeg 13355101 2025-02-23T06:44:06.382217 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia