Excerpt from The Art of Walter Crane In the present volume the author has endeavoured to avoid this dangerous pitfall, to keep an unbiassed mind, and to temper his genuine admiration for the master with an alloy of perhaps unnecessarily severe criticism. He feels the more justified in this method of proceeding, as most of the master's faults have their mainspring in, and are indeed the unavoid able outcome of, his most characteristic merits. It might, perhaps, be said that it is a little premature to publish a book of ...
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Excerpt from The Art of Walter Crane In the present volume the author has endeavoured to avoid this dangerous pitfall, to keep an unbiassed mind, and to temper his genuine admiration for the master with an alloy of perhaps unnecessarily severe criticism. He feels the more justified in this method of proceeding, as most of the master's faults have their mainspring in, and are indeed the unavoid able outcome of, his most characteristic merits. It might, perhaps, be said that it is a little premature to publish a book of this nature, whilst its subject 15 in the prime of life and may reasonably be expected to enrich the world with many more works of unfailing charm and beauty. The answer to such an objection can only be, that Walter Crane's mission is accomplished; that his place in the history of art is definitely fixed and cannot be much affected by anything he may create in the future. His greatness lies not so much in his artistic achievements as in his influence - and this influence has become a historical fact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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