Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 281
the Greek in purityof form and refinement of line, yet it has many of the best qualitiesof classic art. In power it equals the best of our own mediaevalwork ; while in tenderness of expression, beauty of composition,and careful thought, it is even superior. The colour is equal tothat of the finest…
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