Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905 · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington · leaf 80
, throughout, Hokusai had the intention of beinguseful ! He devotes several pages to studying the draughtmanship of rocks ;elsewhere he interests himself in the eddies in water, in the manner thatleaves are connected with stalks, and in the veins of these leaves. Hedesigns European firearms,… … Woodman and Child,by Hokusai. ARTISTIC JAPAN. flames, and even lightning. One sees how he loved move-ment, he who determined to draw life from beginning toend. To represent motion was his great ambition. Itis not correctness, effect, harmony, but movement itselfwhich he so desperately pursues,…
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