The pictorial arts of Japan. With a brief historical sketch of the associated arts, and some remarks upon the pictorial art of the Chinese and Koreans (1886)
Anderson, William, 1842-1900 · Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 429
ial line, or may accentuate folds of drapery by a kind of shadow beneath the plication ; but in no case is there any evidence of a direct struly of the natural appearances. liven this apology f<ir chiaroscuro is commonly absent. A black garment may be painted absolutely black, excei)t where the… … Fig. 97. Negroes. YxQWi Hokusai impartiality of tint, is only saved from a reduction to silhouette by omitting the colouring around any part which it is desirable to detach from the surface. Conversely, when a white object is depicted, the traditional tabooing of shadow makes the artist try to…
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