Gamboling Puppies, 1779, Maruyama Ōkyo, Japanese, Shijō, 1733 - 1795, 15 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. ( x cm), Hanging scroll; ink and light color in silk, Japan, 18th century, One of O_kyo's great innovations was to sketch directly from nature. This approach, together with his interest in anatomy, led to works imbued with Western realism. Even when O_kyo painted in the traditional broad brush manner, as seen here, his use of foreshortening gave his subjects a convincing degree of volume.

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