The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 147Atlantic Monthly Company, 1931 - American essays |
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Page 472
... nature as the materials with which to build a castle of his own , he could create a picture out of any- thing . A blade of grass , an insect , a spider web , a piece of fruit , became a picture under the magic of his art . Hokusai had a ...
... nature as the materials with which to build a castle of his own , he could create a picture out of any- thing . A blade of grass , an insect , a spider web , a piece of fruit , became a picture under the magic of his art . Hokusai had a ...
Page 474
... nature . He could never por- tray scenes of stark tragedy or horrible brutality . Everything he painted- men , animals , nature is gentle , hu- mane , and joyous , if not joyful . Beside a road , in evening twilight , tourists are ...
... nature . He could never por- tray scenes of stark tragedy or horrible brutality . Everything he painted- men , animals , nature is gentle , hu- mane , and joyous , if not joyful . Beside a road , in evening twilight , tourists are ...
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... nature but of human nature . The bee has always been used to point a moral . In the respect that it is industrious it has served as an example for the people ; and in the respect that the bee is an obedient citizen and a loyal soldier ...
... nature but of human nature . The bee has always been used to point a moral . In the respect that it is industrious it has served as an example for the people ; and in the respect that the bee is an obedient citizen and a loyal soldier ...
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