PREFACE
AUTHOR'S NOTE ON THE PRESENT EDITION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. OF THE ARCHITECTURAL BASIS
CHAPTER II. OF THE UTILITY BASIS AND INFLUENCE
CHAPTER III. OF THE INFLUENCE OF MATERIAL AND METHOD
CHAPTER IV. ON THE INFLUENCE OF CONDITIONS IN DESIGN
CHAPTER V. OF THE CLIMATIC INFLUENCE IN DESIGN CHIEFLY IN REGARD TO COLOUR AND PATTERN
CHAPTER VI. OF THE RACIAL INFLUENCE IN DESIGN
CHAPTER VII. OF THE SYMBOLIC INFLUENCE, OR EMBLEMATIC ELEMENT IN DESIGN
CHAPTER VIII. OF THE GRAPHIC INFLUENCE, OR NATURALISM IN DESIGN
CHAPTER IX. OF THE INDIVIDUAL INFLUENCE IN DESIGN
CHAPTER X. OF THE COLLECTIVE INFLUENCE
INDEX
FOOTNOTES
THE BASES OF DESIGN
THE BASES OF DESIGN
BY WALTER CRANE
LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
1902
First Edition, Medium 8vo, 1898.
Second Edition, Crown 8vo, 1902.
CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
TO CHARLES ROWLEY, J.P. CHAIRMAN OF THE MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL SCHOOL OF ART, TO WHOSE ENERGY, SYMPATHY, AND ENTHUSIASM THE SCHOOL, IN ITS NEWER DEVELOPMENT, OWES SO MUCH, AND TO MY FORMER COLLEAGUES OF THE TEACHING STAFF, AS WELL AS TO ALL STUDENTS, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.