Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 262
tails ofbalance must necessarily approach art in a very differentmanner from that in which we approach it. Would atradesman in England hesitate before placing his stampson a bill ? The tradesman in Japan does. Imaginean artist spending three days in anxious thought as towhere he should place his… … Placing Japanese painters to ponder for hours, and sometimesweeks, over the placing of this little vermilion stamp sothat it shall form perfect balance, and in all probabilitythe picture itself has only taken a few minutes. Suppose,for instance, a painter has contrived to produce a rapidsketch of a…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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