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Painting in the Far East : an introduction to the history of pictorial art in Asia especially China and Japan (1913)

Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943 · New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 142

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tle builtinto the sea, where a few sails ride the curling wavesand faintly-coloured peaks seem suspended in thehaze of the horizon. The painter relies less oninventive design than on the subtle powers of asso-ciation, choosing just the elements which will evokethe mood which possessed himself. In… … ./ ^^ ::?!«■ JR Ssi *m THE TANG DYNASTY over seventeen feet long, painted almost entirely inblues and greens on the usual warm brown silk.The actual painter was the famous artist of theYiian dynasty, Chao Meng-fu ; but, as we learnfrom the inscription following the signature, it isa copy of a…

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