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Identifier: metalsmetalworki00gowl (find matches)
Title: Metals and metal-working in old Japan
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Gowland, William, 1842-1922 Japan Society of London
Subjects: Art metal-work Metallurgy Metal-work
Publisher: (London? : s.n.)
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4 Q (u. o X JO- >— . «o C/3 •^ ( 85 ) siderable difficulties, the best traditions of the bronze-foundersart. I hope, in this condensed account of Metal and MetalWorking in Old Japan, I have not altogether failed indemonstrating the versatility as an artist, and the skill as ahandicraftsman, of the Japanese worker in metals. Correctadaptation of his designs to the nature of the material heemployed, and to the forms he ornamented, distinguish all hiswork. And this is not only true of the great masters ofbygone times, but fortunately also of a few earnest men of thepresent day, who are endeavouring, as far as in them lies, tofollow the old craft traditions, and are not surpassed in theirwork by any art metal-workers in the world. ( 86 ; APPENDIX. THE ALLOYS USED IN JAPAN. The success which the Japanese artist has attained in theexecution of his famous masterpieces in bronze is not, however,solely due to his methods of modelling and casting, but is largelydependent on the physical

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  • bookcentury:1900
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  • bookauthor:Japan_Society_of_London
  • booksubject:Art_metal_work
  • booksubject:Metallurgy
  • booksubject:Metal_work
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  • bookleafnumber:130
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