On the Laws of Japanese Painting
by Henry P. Bowie
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About this eBook
- Author
- Bowie, Henry P., 1848-1921
- Title
- On the Laws of Japanese Painting: An Introduction to the Study of the Art of Japan
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- ND: Fine Arts: Painting
- Subject
- Painting, Japanese
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 35580
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35580
- Release Date
- March 16, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Contents — Illustrations — Introduction by Iwaya Sazanami 1 — Introduction by Hirai Kinza 2 — Preface — CHAPTER ONE. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES — CHAPTER TWO. ART IN JAPAN — CHAPTER THREE. LAWS FOR THE USE OF BRUSH AND MATERIALS — CHAPTER FOUR. LAWS GOVERNING THE CONCEPTION AND EXECUTION OF A PAINTING — CHAPTER FIVE. CANONS OF THE AESTHETICS OF JAPANESE PAINTING — CHAPTER SIX. SUBJECTS FOR JAPANESE PAINTING — (gwa dai) — CHAPTER SEVEN. SIGNATURES AND SEALS — EXPLANATION OF HEAD-BANDS — PLATES EXPLANATORY OF THE FOREGOING TEXT ON THE LAWS OF JAPANESE PAINTING
- 2.The Eight Ways of Painting in Color, Called the Laws of Coloring
- 3.Landscapes, Birds, Trees and Streams
- 4.Laws of Ledges
- 5.Laws of Trees and Rocks
- 6.Laws of Dots
- 7.Laws of Waves and Moving Waters
- 8.Laws of Lines of the Garment
- 9.Laws of the Four Paragons
- 10.Painting Subjects — Footnotes
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