s unusuallynice recognition of the degree of resistancepeculiar to each. Instead of trying toovercome it in the supposed interests ofthe subject or idea, he allows the resistanceitself to become a part of the expression.Between his lithographs and his woodcutsthere is an increasing scale of… … SHEDS, HOLLAND. LITHO-GRAPH BY JAN POORTENAAR the facility of the medium is expressed ;in the etching, the responsibility of theacid, which demands a more closelyselective and slightly more formal style ofdrawing ; and in the woodcuts, the tough-ness of the material and consequent needfor extreme…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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