Ideals in Art: Papers Theoretical, Practical, Critical

by Walter Crane

Sicilian Silk Pattern. Fourteenth Century (Fischbach)

Sicilian Silk Pattern. Fourteenth Century (Fischbach)

Sicilian Silk Pattern. Fourteenth Century (Fischbach)

Sicilian Silk Pattern. Fourteenth Century (Fischbach)

Even in the extremely abstract treatment necessitated by the exigencies of incised hieroglyphics we can hardly find finer examples of treatment, so direct and unerring is the characterization, than the birds and animals of the ancient Egyptians. The same power of characterization, though with a freer hand, is also seen in their mural paintings.

Sicilian Silk Pattern. Fourteenth Century (Fischbach)