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 308
f colour,—the only language of which thetechnique of colour-printing with wood-cuts is perfectly capable. The result is anabstradlion—unreal, but charming as afairy-tale ; and, like that, outside all rationalcriticism. One can look at it and rest;without exciting either for good or evil theemotions… … STUDIES OF FISH. CHAPTER X. SOME SUBJECTS OFILLUSTRATION. The first point of interest which strikes thecolledlor of Japanese colour-prints is gener-ally the preponderance of dramatic subjedls.The artists seemed never to tire of these;portraits of adtors, theatrical characters incostume, scenes of…
Art, Japanese · Wood-engraving · Illustration of books
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