Wood-Block Printing (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Wood-Block Printing: A Description of the Craft of Woodcutting and Colour Printing Based on the Japanese PracticeIn the thi. Place, we would have this series put artistic craftsmanship before people as furnishing reasonable occupa tions for those who would gain a liveli hood. Although within the bounds of academic art, the competition, of its kind, is so acute that only a very few per cent. Can fairly hope to succeed as painters and sculptors; yet, as artistic craftsmen, there is every probability that nearly every one who would pass through a sufficient period of apprentice ship to workmanship and design would reach a measure of success.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.