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 304
he mysteriousfawn that companions his solitude rubs its headacross his knee. No one can fail to be impressedby the sense of significance and sublimity in thisimaginative conception, by the majesty of designand power of execution. This is indeed one of thecentral masterpieces of the art of Japan.… … ASHIKAGA PERIOD IN JAPAN was the most difficult province of art. And althoughwe may begin by thinking that we know better thanthe Japanese, and that traditional idolatry has setSesshiu too high, yet when I recall the landscapesketches of Rembrandt, I feel that in Sesshiu Rem-brandt himself would…
Painting -- China · Painting -- Japan
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