Ideals in art: papers theoretical, practical, critical
Ideals in Art is a 1905 London collection of theoretical, practical and critical essays on art by Walter Crane, published by G. Bell and held by the Getty Research Institute. Its pictures are monochrome reproductions of decorative design: a symmetrical silk-like damask with paired birds and a sunburst, a scrolling foliate embroidery panel captioned for needlework, a painted rood screen pattern of interlaced tracery and fleurs-de-lis, and a carved wall panel of vines and grapes. A designer might take from them the repeat structures, scrolling vine rhythms and heraldic symmetry of historic textile and ornament.
