Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 228
n timehas been used almost to excess by some of ouryounger designers, who have been largely in-fluenced by Hokusai and other Japanese artists,who are always skilful in the use of solid blacks. In line-drawing a very useful principle to ob-serve, to give solidity to figures and objects, is tolet… … THE ORNAMENTAL AIM I have spoken of the graphic and the orna-mental aims as distinct, and so they may forpractical purposes be regarded ; although in somecases it is possible to combine a considerableamount of graphic force with decorative effect,and even in purely graphic art there shouldalways be…
Drawing · Decoration and ornament
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from La prima-[quinta] parte della luce del dipingere et disegnare, ... (1643)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-laprimaquintapar00pass-62-108.webp)
