Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905 · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington · leaf 14
ARTISTIC JAPAN touch and boldness of hand are thethat every artist has been obligedto seek after and obtain. The paper on which the de-sign has been traced having beenglued to the wood on which it isto be cut, the engraver sets towork to reproduce in the wood allthe suppleness and fulness whichthe… … such ness in this respect that even an experienced eye can hardly detect designsdirect from the brush. When one adds that Japanese engravings are asa rule taken on the very finest paper, and that in the first state they areof great rarity, one can understand that they combine all the…
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