Studies in the decorative art of Japan . Fig. 11. The effect of this, looked at as a- mere question of black and white, or lightand shade, it most unsatisfactory ; it throws the pairs of pakwa elements intohigh relief, and the predominant black gives no determinate design, but only aconfused and meaningless black mass at the meeting points of the ends of thewhite elements. It has the effect of fret-saw work,and lacks altogether that appreciation of the dueproportion between light and shade which is charac-teristic of Japanese art, and of which [ have alreadytalked sufficiently. From this stage
Studies in the decorative art of Japan . Fig. 11. The effect of this, looked at as a- mere question of black and white, or lightand shade, it most unsatisfactory ; it throws the pairs of pakwa elements intohigh relief, and the predominant black gives no determinate design, but only aconfused and meaningless black mass at the meeting points of the ends of thewhite elements. It has the effect of fret-saw work,and lacks altogether that appreciation of the dueproportion between light and shade which is charac-teristic of Japanese art, and of which [ have alreadytalked sufficiently. From this stage onwards, thediapers, unlike the lattices, are composed of an equalamount of light and dark ; but this point forms partof the previous discussion. We now come to the first of the diapers basedon the new form of the element, the limb with thecentral stem, fig. 10a. It is constructed by pairsarranged back-to-back, with an intervening space ofone unit, (fig. 12.) ,. STUDIES IN THE DECORATIVE ART OF JAP AS 93
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