Early Autumn in Urayasu Art Print by Hasui Itō Jakuchū surrounded by organic shapes and

surrounded by organic shapes and a restrained palette that draws from nature and midcentury graphic traditions

The second Egyptian plate from Owen Jones' Grammar of Ornament continues his meticulous survey of ancient decorative systems

symbolic colour

It's a piece that works equally as a cultural artefact and a quietly striking interior statement

Haeckel treats zoological illustration as design

Early Autumn in Urayasu Art Print by Hasui Itō Jakuchū surrounded by organic shapes andEarly Autumn in Urayasu captures the fishing village of Urayasu at the turning of the season a moment of suspension before the cold arrives. Hasui Kawase renders the scene with the layered restraint of shin hanga: reed beds reflected in glassy water, a sky that grades from warm white to cool grey, the architecture of the village reduced to calm horizontals at the far bank. The colour palette is subdued and carefully felt muted greens, washed blues,