Art culture

Flat expression

Eishosai Choki: Tayu Tsukasa od Osaka, 1790.

 



    Look at some more paintings made with flat expression.
Yes, that's right!
Author didn't use shades of colours; there is no shadows on this print.
Graphic (woodcut) has no illusion of roundness of face nor a space of background;
uniform colours are making a flat expression.
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