om never since equalled. He understoodbetter than any of his predecessors the laws govern- ing the harmony of line and of movement, whichhe applied with a keen sense of the beauty and (hemystery of life. An excellent example of this wasthe fine Kakemono of the Diver. This paintingon silk shows one… … THE DIVER BY HOKUSAI cm The John La Farge Collection painting. Thecolor of the silk, awarm brown, wasnot that of old age,but deliberatelystained to give theeffect of transpar-ent, submarinetones. This is oneof Hokusais earli-est drawings of thenude. He hadabout this timejust discarded hisearlier…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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![An illustration from XIV [i.e. Vierzehnter] Verbandstag Verband deutscher Juweliere, Gold- & Silberschmiede Strassburg, vom 7.-11. August 1914 : verbunden mit einer Ausstellung alter & neuer Goldschmiedearbeiten und Uhren (1914)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-xivievierzehnter00stra-95-65.webp)
