Treasury of Japanese Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftsmen

Treasury of Japanese Designs and Motifs for Artists and CraftsmenA profound sense of the aesthetic beauty in all things pervades the whole of Japanese culture, finding perhaps its clearest expression in the decorative, applied, and pictorial arts. Characterized by a mastery of line and composition, and noted for lyrical scenes of exquisite beauty, the genius of Japanese art has bequeathed to the world a remarkable and distinctive design legacy. This exceptionally versatile collection of traditional Japanese designs

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this work is the kind of comprehensive resource that should be a lifelong studio companion to the figure sculptor

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the emotional properties of line and mass in composition

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