. International studio . at goodly company, joining handswith the really appreciative layman must gain afine spiritual stimulus from this book. If theyare already upon its plane, they will find in whappiness in the knowledge that they are; ifthey may attain this plane through reading it-more power to the author: if it leaves them un-inspired—they can find certain consolation inretiring to pass their dec lining years behind theshelter of a brownstone front, resting their eyes in the happy contemplation of a Rogersgroup on a marble-topped black walnut pedestal. LnDU mON IN Aki Hill i UK \T DESIG
. International studio . at goodly company, joining handswith the really appreciative layman must gain afine spiritual stimulus from this book. If theyare already upon its plane, they will find in whappiness in the knowledge that they are; ifthey may attain this plane through reading it-more power to the author: if it leaves them un-inspired—they can find certain consolation inretiring to pass their dec lining years behind theshelter of a brownstone front, resting their eyes in the happy contemplation of a Rogersgroup on a marble-topped black walnut pedestal. LnDU mON IN Aki Hill i UK \T DESIGN by I). Varon, Architect. Piplome Ecole des Beaux- \rt~. Paris. (The William T. Comstock Publishers. New York.) Price, net. Vmongsl tin main technical books devoted tarchitecture discussing this or that phase i tinmother of the Arts, a very interesting book con-taining hundreds of drawings, has been writtenby Mr. Varon, who has most certainly simplifiedand clarified the science of design in a way to. make the volume an indispensable purchase for all who are interested in the gene-is of a main aim of the work is to make the archi-t,. tural studenl see with the eyes of an artist andmemorize with a few lines the outstanding char-acter and essentials of any significant structure;in fact, to get beyond a mere working drawingand see in three dimensions. Indication take- theplace of analysis in suggesting all kinds of prob-lems in design. Mr. Varon was formerly professor of architectural design at Syracuse Univer-sity and at the University of Illinois, and knowshow to bring his great knowledge to others in apractical and interesting manner all his own. ISh e INTERNATIONALSTUDIO VOL. LXII. No. 246 Copyright, 1917, by John Lane Company AUGUST, 1917 R ELIGION AND NATURE IN ORI-ENTAL ARTBY WILFRED SHAW Part II* The illustrations arc frem theCollcction of Freer, now owned by the Smithsonian Institution. For centuries the painters of Japan sat at thef
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