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 248
hey concentrate his powers. Thevery fact that others, great and famous masters,have approached the same theme and handled itin their own way, inspires him with emulations,moves him with the necessity and the desire to makethe subject his own—in a word, tests his originalityfar more severely, and,… … THE SUNG PERIOD IN CHINA on a road of his own with the deHberate quest ofnovelty. Thus successively refined upon, fed andrefreshed continually by new life, the depth of asubject is proved, and the varying new conceptionsit evokes are like flowers upon an ancient tree. Wisely, then, did the old…
Painting -- China · Painting -- Japan
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