Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905 · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington · leaf 82
the Japanese, ones means to the very lowest,it is a double triumph, when the strokes must speak for themselves : andit is in this magic that Hokusai is the master. Ingres used to say thatone must be able to draw with a nail ; but he knew not the secret of varying,of enriching or diminishing… … Convoy of Travellers in the i ARTISTIC JAPAN without colour, it accentuates, it caresses, it bullies, it glides, it runs, it gallops. It is one of the wonders of our time, almost of the past year or two, that we have given evidence of an eclecticism which enables us to grapple with the arts of a…
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