Walter Crane
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The Absurd A.B.C. features entertaining verses along with colorful illustrations. Crane’s designs were based on his observations of young children; he believed that good illustrations would stimulate children’s interest in reading books and help them to learn. Crane thus illustrated a set of English nursery rhymes along with comic touches, like the cow jumping over the moon and the cat playing the fiddle in the page with letters A, B and C.
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art and Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
In the first of these two volumes, the letters of the alphabet are presented through illustrated traditional nursery rhymes andin the second, they are introduced with humorous illustrations and verses.
Author
Publisher
G. Bell and Sons
Pub. Date
1898.
Language
English
Description
A survey of design culminating up to Crane's own aesthetic principles, with hundreds of illustrations. A standard work focusing on the development of aesthetic design, dedicated to Charles Rowley, head of the Manchester Municipal School of Art.
Author
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin, and Co
Pub. Date
1892.
Language
English
Description
An invaluable resource for students of decorative arts, this compelling collection of essays passionately and eloquently makes the case for the legitimacy of the decorative arts in an era when painting and sculpture were considered superior. Walter Crane looks at the infinite methods of expression of decorative arts, their place in architecture, and more.
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Retells the following Greek myths: "The Gorgon's Head," "The Golden Touch," "The Paradise of Children," "The Three Golden Apples," "The Miraculous Pitcher," and "The Chimaera." Includes essays on Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walter Crane.
