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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 238

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pictures are certainly by a great ^-^ master. They are works of great majesty, in which the force of the Tang style is subdued and sweetenedby the research for harmony of rhythmic line ; thekind of change we experience in passing from aSignorelli to a Raphael ; though the figures of theArhats… … THE SUNG PERIOD IN CHINA brush, a superhuman grandeur and impressiveness.These pictures are remarkable too for original andnoble colour. To whom are we to ascribe them ?The attribution to Li Lung-mien has now beengenerally discarded both in East and West, thoughI cannot help regretting that we can…

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