Beauty, Design Principles and Money: The Art Historian Alfred Woltmann and the Decorative Arts Reform Movement.

The article presents Alfred Woltmann's work as an art historian who connected Renaissance painting studies with decorative arts reform, stressing his analysis of Holbein and criticism of 19th-century industrial craftsmanship. Topics include Renaissance art research and Holbein scholarship, decorative arts reform and applied arts criticism, and influence of English design reform through the South Kensington Museum.