e is so extraordinary thatit is impossible they can have been ex:mental work. It is rather the consummationof development that these unique examplesshow. You shall find in them deli lour- gradation, obtained doubtless bv the printerblending the tints on the wood-blocks, withpeaches more crimson at… … THE VIRGIN AND CHILD COLOUR-PRINT BY W. LEE 11ANKEY, R.E. 103 The Art of the Colour-print was unknown to those mysterious old Chinese.Quite amazing is the freshness of their coloursafter two and a half centuries. The clever and artistic Japanese, of course,developed in practice the principle of…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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