History of art (1921) (14780989014)

Identifier: historyofar02faur (find matches)
Title: History of art
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Faure, Elie, 1873-1937 Pach, Walter, 1883-1958
Subjects: Art
Publisher: New York and London : Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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e breath of spring blowsthem—on paper fans, on earthen pots, bronze vases,lacquer scabbards, and iron sword guards. The fragilelife of the ferns and the insects is mingled by theJapanese artists with social and family and militarylife. Even from pools of blood come little creatures ofgold. VI It was the period when art resolutely left the templesand the castles to overflow the street, as after the greatcenturies of Greece. It was the period when Matahei,^a direct, sumptuous, and rare painter, turned his backon dogmatic teaching and opened the way to thatlow school which expresses with the greatestevocative force, to Occidental eyes, the everydaysoul of Japan. The genius of Korin, alone and free,the struggle of Goshin (1741-1811) against a halfreturn to the Chinese school—favored by Okio (1732-95), the powerful portrayer of great wild birds—andabove all, the appearance of prints, popularized by thesevere harmonies of Moronobu (1638-1711) and of * Middle of the eighteenth century.
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Utamaro (1753-1806). The Mirror, print. (Louvre.) 154 MEDIAEVAL ART engraving in colors which was invented by Kiyonobu(1667-1729)—all this protected and helped along theactivity of the school of the people. Netsukes, pot-teries, lacquers, inros, and surimonos were sold in everybazaar. Prints invade the houses of the middle classes andof the common people. Views of the sea, of the moun-