. Modern book-bindings & their designers. particulaicases, one is compelled to reiterate a somewhatwell-worn story, that of the wide-spread andcurious influence of Aubrey Beardsley. TheC(.)ver designs b) Bertram (\. (roodhue arc oftenfull of it—Ijcardsleys earlier manner of the MorteiTArtlinr: but of all Beardslc)s disciples the (.mewhii has more closel)approached to him in methodis WTl H. llradle\. The binding of the Koiiuuiicnf Zioii Chapel is a typical example of thissomewhat connnon tendency. Here we haveanother version of the Avenue poster t^[)e ofdecoration ; with, however, not a tithe o
. Modern book-bindings & their designers. particulaicases, one is compelled to reiterate a somewhatwell-worn story, that of the wide-spread andcurious influence of Aubrey Beardsley. TheC(.)ver designs b) Bertram (\. (roodhue arc oftenfull of it—Ijcardsleys earlier manner of the MorteiTArtlinr: but of all Beardslc)s disciples the (.mewhii has more closel)approached to him in methodis WTl H. llradle\. The binding of the Koiiuuiicnf Zioii Chapel is a typical example of thissomewhat connnon tendency. Here we haveanother version of the Avenue poster t^[)e ofdecoration ; with, however, not a tithe of themarvellous success of the latter in indicating formand drapery b\ judiciousl)- balanced flat Mr. Bradleys design the gold is over-dcjne, andthe hard boundary lines to which it gives rise spoilthe effect of the decidedly clever distribution ofthe upper part of the cover. There is also toomuch work on the back. The same artistsLyrics of Eartli wants balance ; the serpentineline is rather too heavy, and not very gracefully. BV cocis J. (Copeland &= Dav) 48 distributed, although the tree is well rendered andjust in its proper place. A very pleasant treatment of a conventionallandscape is that adopted by Mr. Louis Rhead,in Mcadinv Grass. The use of a picture pureand simple for a cover, instead of some arrangementof ornament, is a new and dangerous device ; andit reijuires powers of n(j uncommon order to securefor it the success obtained by Mr. Rhead in thisinstance. He has preserved a perfectl) intelligiblenatural feeling, without adopting an) over-obtrusiveconventions or losing the indispensable decorativequalit)-. He has, in fact, given to this book-coverthe jioints of a good jjoster ; and it is as such,within the peculiar limitations of the circumstances,that we must consider this class of design. Another poster-cover is that for CinderpathTales, designed by John Sloan. In this case thesubject is not so well managed as was Mr. Rheadscover; but, n
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