"Illustrative art belongs to what the future of humanity has to take to heart once again. And just as one can enthuse about what music contributes to poetry, so heartfelt enthusiasm will need to arise for what illustrative art can contribute." - Rudolf Steiner, from a lecture given on the 3rd of December, 1917 at Dornach, Switzerland

This never before translated into English, single lecture was given by Rudolf Steiner on the 3rd of December, 1917 at Dornach, Switzerland. The original title of this lecture was, "The Development of Illustration in Art from the Middle Ages Up to the Present." It has been more appropriately titled, "The Nature and Significance of Illustrative Art" for this publication. There has been no Bn/GA/CW classification assigned to this lecture. Its Schmidt Number is S-3444. This is a First Edition publication.