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nity. But serenity, unfortu-nately, is exhausted asquickly as is enthusiasm,for it also is a result ofeffort. When the Chineseartists departed from theoriginal sources of their inspiration, they resorted to wine in order to attainthe mental state prescribed by the sages, and in theartificial… … Tang Art (vu Century). Tomb of Tchao-Ling. Mandarin. {Ed. Chavannes Mission.) 70 MEDIAEVAL ART In gaining mastery over themselves they destroyedtheir own Hfe. From century to century, with thestrange slowness that characterizes the activity of theChinese, their painting, which had been taken into…
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