A Comparative Analysis of the Influence of Illustrators Walter Crane and Ernst Kreindolph on the Development of Book Art in the Art Nouveau Era

Abstract

The article examines the features of the Art Nouveau style in book publishing in Great Britain and Germany using the example of outstanding artists of this period Walter Crane and Ernst Kreidolf. There is given a comparative analysis of the mutual influence of the ideas and styles of the two artists. The issue of
psychological prerequisites for the development of book illustration in the late 19th – early 20th centuries is considered.