Line and Form (1900)

by Walter Crane

• Olive branch, study of from nature, [f020];
  • decorative treatment of, [f021].
• Ornament, typical forms of, [92]-[94].
• Ornamental purpose, the, in drawing, [29], [31]-[33], [210], et seq.
• Ornamental units, [94];
  • use of intervals in repeating, [f065].
• Outline, origin and function of, [1].

• Parthenon, the frieze of the, [46];
  • sketch of, [f067].
• Pattern and picture, difference between, [265];
  • pattern-pictures, [272].
• Pen, the, compared with brush and pencil, [71].
• Pencil drawing, [70], [71].
• Persian carpets, principle of design in, [242];
  • treatment of borders in, [f127];
  • white outline in, [260].
• Persian ornament, typical, [212], [f116].
• Persian rugs, value of different quantities in, [98]-[101].
• Perugino, National Gallery triptych, [f140].
• Photograph, influence of the, [55], [56];
  • principle of the, [187], [190].
• Picture writing, [27], [f019].
• Pinturicchio, frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, [226];
  • mural painting at Siena, [226], [f120];
  • frescoes in the Appartimenti Borgia, [238], [f125].
• Pisano, Vittore, medals of, [198], [f110].
• Poppy, horned study of, [f022];
  • adaptation of for needlework, [f023];
  • sketch of on different coloured grounds, [f132], [258].
• Prints, principles of design for, [246]-[251].
• Procession, lines of movement in a, [160], [162]-[163].
• Pyramid, the, [73];
  • use of in architecture, [f045b], [f048a].

• Radiating principle of line, the, [46]-[50].
• Raphael, study of drapery by, [f102].
• Ravenna, S. Vitale, sketch of apse, [f070].
• Recurring line and form, [f031], [f032];
  • value of in architecture, [119], [124].
• Relief, methods of expressing, [165];
  • use of contrast, [166];
  • decorative relief, [171];
  • on diapered ground, [174]-[175];
  • by simple linear contrasts, [174], [176]-[178];
  • by linear shading, [176], [178];
  • by diagonal shading, [176], [178]-[180];
  • value of emphasis in, [180];
  • by light and shade alone, [187]-[190];
  • principle of in architectural mouldings, [190];
  • modelled, [192];
  • in sculpture, [192]-[199], [f109];
  • Florentine fifteenth-century work, [202];
  • natural principle of, [204], [f111b];
  • by colour, [256], [258].
• Repeating patterns, [36], [f026], [f077b], [f078];
  • method of testing, [38], [f028].
• Rhythm of design, the, [32].
• Roofs, German, [146]-[148].
• Rothenburg, roof-lines in, [f085].

• St. David's Cathedral, carvings in, [122]-[124];
  • Gothic tile pattern in, [f074], [f076].
• Scale, importance of in mural decoration, [230], [232].
• Sculpture, relief in, [192];
  • Egyptian, [192], [194];
  • Grecian, [194], [f107], [197];
  • Gothics, [197];
  • on mediæval tombs, [198].
• Selection, the test of artistic treatment, [214].
• Shields, F. J., mural decoration, [228].
• Silhouette, [2], [f010a].
• Skirting, the, [234].
• Spaces, decorative, in design, [113];
  • apparent depth or width increased by use of vertical or horizontal lines, [232], [f122].
• Spacing, mural, [230], [f121], [f123].
• Sphere, the, [73];
  • use of in architecture, [f045b], [f048a];
  • in nature, [76].
• Stained glass, principles of design for, [252], [255].
• Surfaces, linear expression of, [18].

• Tapestry, [237];
  • Burgundian, [237], [f124];
  • effect of texture on colour in, [244], [f128].
• Technical influence, the, [58]-[62].
• Textile designing, [62];
  • examples of, [f041b];
  • value of different qualities in, [97]-[101];
  • principles of, [241], [242];
  • colour in, [244].
• Textures, linear expression of, [18].
• Thebes, sculptured relief at, [f106].
• Titian, "Bacchus and Ariadne," [278]-[280];
  • "Sacred and Profane Love," [280].
• Tivoli, Temple of the Sibyls at, [133].
• Trees, effect of wind upon, [f011];
  • general principles of line and form in foliage, etc., [143]-[145].
• Typical treatment, [31];
  • ornament, [92]-[95].

• Valence, Aymer de, tomb of, [f094a].
• Van Eyck, "Jan Arnolfini and his Wife," [267], [f134], [270], [271].
• Variation of allied forms, [103].
• Variety in design, [40].
• Ver Meer, "Lady at Spinet," [f135], [270], [272].
• Veronese, Paul, [280].
• Visch, Martin de, brass of, [f094b], [f095].

• Walberswick Church, [f072].
• Walker, Frederick, [190].
• Wall, decorative spacing of the, [234], [f123].
• Wall-paper, principles of design for, [36], [f026], [246];
  • relation between frieze and field in, [133], [134].
• Water, lines of movement in, [f118b].
• Watercourse, lines left by a, [f091b].
• Wave lines, [f011], [f012].
• Westminster, vaulting of chapter house, [f035].
• Winchelsea, tomb of Gervaise-Alard, [f071].

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