Studies in the decorative art of Japan (1910) (14777662862)

Identifier: decorativeartjapan00pigg (find matches)
Title: Studies in the decorative art of Japan
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Design
Publisher: London : B.T. Batsford
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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Plate 3.Frontispiece—C. BKOCADli I have not attempted in these pages anything approaching an exhaustiveexamination of the decorative art of Japan. The area it covers is so extensivethat I doubt if it is possible to do more than touch lightly upon its manifoldphases; for even the most diligent student there always come surprises, and theend of his labours ever recedes into the distance. The art knows no limitations,and a hundred books would not be sufficient to set it forth in all its infinitevariety. Studies, somewhat intermittent I fear, seem to me to be all that ispossible. The decoration of the temples has been treated as a distinct subject; foralthough it touches the art of the people at many points, and on one side of itreveals the historic influence of the Buddhist religion as it came to Japan throughChina from India, yet stands apart as an art specially Japanese, inspired by thenational purposes to which it was put. I am conscious that the method 1 have adopted for reproducin