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History of art (1921)

Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 124

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and takeson the aspect of solid blocks; the incrustations on itsrough outside, with all the interlacings of slimy skins, ofspines and tentacles, still leave its heavy profile intactand pure. His bloated dragons aroused by the rum- CHINA 97 bling and writhing of the sea monsters, his snails andhis… … Painting. {H. Vever Collection.) and turquoise into an imponderable powder that hemay melt it again and compel it to flow between narrowbands of copper or of gold, and in the enamel madesomber by flame his deep blues, his mat greens, andhis dull, opaque reds form flowers of blood, thickleaves, and…

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