Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 141
Unkei (xii Century). Guardian of the temple.{VArt du Japon, publ. by Brunoff.) 114 MEDIEVAL ART dictated by the state of society. It overloaded itselfwith incrustations, complicated itself with draperies,and, when it lost the calm of its lines, it lost the wholeof its spirituality. It is only in… … Sesson (died 1495). Dragon. {From The KoJcka.) fleeting pa sages which envelop them with strengthand security, the sculptors found again a little of theradiance of the seated Buddhas whose peaceful coun-tenances had for eight hundred years bent over thefaithful, and whose fingers, raised in their…
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