Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New
by Walter Crane
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
- Title
- Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New 3rd ed.
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Linda Hamilton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Z: Bibliography, Library science
- Subject
- Book ornamentation -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 40250
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40250
- Release Date
- July 16, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.CHAPTER I. OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE AND DECORATIVE IMPULSE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES; AND OF THE FIRST PERIOD OF DECORATIVELY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS IN THE ILLUMINATED MSS. OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
- 3.CHAPTER II. OF THE TRANSITION, AND OF THE SECOND PERIOD OF DECORATIVELY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, FROM THE INVENTION OF PRINTING IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY ONWARDS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 4.CHAPTER III. OF THE PERIOD OF THE DECLINE OF DECORATIVE FEELING IN BOOK DESIGN AFTER THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, AND OF THE MODERN REVIVAL. — FOOTNOTES:
- 5.CHAPTER IV. OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF DECORATIVE BOOK ILLUSTRATION AND THE MODERN REVIVAL OF PRINTING AS AN ART. — FOOTNOTES:
- 6.CHAPTER V. OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN DESIGNING BOOK ORNAMENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS: CONSIDERATIONS OF ARRANGEMENT, SPACING, AND TREATMENT. — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.APPENDIX.
- 8.INDEX.
- 9.Transcriber's Note
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.