The International Studio Volume 24 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... plate. The dimensions of the plate are 6 feet 4 inches long, 3 feet 8 inches wide, and one-eighth of an inch thick; and the design is from a celebrated drawing by a Chinese artist of the Sung Dynasty, now in the Imperial Museum of Japan. The tool which the artist uses is a chisel, about 3J inches in length, with a half-inch edge, and thickness of about three-quarters of an inch. The result is characteristic of the forceful refinement of the Japanese artist, who, whether he be interpreting his ideas in colour or in form, gains the utmost possible effect from the nuances of circles in Japan itself and, on behalf of that wonderful nation, amongst the critics of the Western world. It will be well worth the time of all who visit St. Louis to examine the pictures of Hokkai, and study the question as illustrated in his work. Another interesting feature of the Takata exhibit are the pictures by Gejow Masao (art name "Kcikoku"), who has two sets of six-leaved screens, painted in the characteristic style of the Shijo Academy, hanging side by side with his American landscapes. The screens are an evidence of how effectively in the hands of a master the naturalistic style can be applied to decorative The Watson Galleries are a veritable museum of purchasable curios, objets de vertus, and specimens of workmanship of all nations and ages. We can merely hope to indicate to our readers some of the treasures which are to be found there by visitors. Amongst our illustrations (see page Xlvii) we show oneof fourBerninibusts of the Seventeenth Century, emblematic of "Architecture," "Painting," " Music" and "Sculpture," the last named being the subject of our illustration. These matchless examples of the sculptor's work are from ...