Japanese illustrations; a history of the arts of wood-cutting and colour printing in Japan (1904)
Strange, Edward Fairbrother, 1862-1929 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 304
l altogether than that of theaverage European, who demands in his artthe easily recognizable incidents and objedlsof his every-day life, or a more or lesscommon-place presentment of such histo-rical, classical or legendary scenes, as theartist judiciously seledls to flatter the littlelearning of… … O1^ H Oh O ou TECHNIQUE. 129 keen appreciation of the beauty of snow—with the love, so quaintly expressed in manya folk-tale, of bird and beast—with theconsistent reverence for all the charms ofNature. Bearing this in mind it becomes more easyto understand the perfection and thorough-ness which…
Art, Japanese · Wood-engraving · Illustration of books
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