. Studio international . ings shown werethose belonging to the Sung dynasty(960—1280 )andthe Ming dynasty(1368 — 1644). The latter period isoften referred to as the age of deca-dence in Chinese painting, but amongthe works attributed to this periodthere are many, to judge by the ex-amples shown both at the BritishMuseum and at the Baillie Gallery, which, so far from showing any signs of decadence,are in fact unequalled by the productions of anyperiod. A study of the annual exhibition of the RoyalPhotographic Society, recently held at the OldWater Colour Societys Gallery, showed that therei
. Studio international . ings shown werethose belonging to the Sung dynasty(960—1280 )andthe Ming dynasty(1368 — 1644). The latter period isoften referred to as the age of deca-dence in Chinese painting, but amongthe works attributed to this periodthere are many, to judge by the ex-amples shown both at the BritishMuseum and at the Baillie Gallery, which, so far from showing any signs of decadence,are in fact unequalled by the productions of anyperiod. A study of the annual exhibition of the RoyalPhotographic Society, recently held at the OldWater Colour Societys Gallery, showed that thereis at present much dissipation of effort in vaincompetition with effects natural only to othermediums. It can never be sufficiently emphasisedthat success cannot be found along the line of faking as the substitute for the missing elementof touch, and that it can only be achieved alongthe lines of the one quality that all the artshave in common—namely, selection. Selectioncounts in photography as much as it counts in. BY GBORG1 IK ik kin (WALSA1 1 I Competition. in Studio- Talk
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