Storia dell'arte. . e: la secolare polvere che isbrought dai venti del nord e che gira vorticosamente in non finisce mai di nuvole attraverso il disco del sole e la claycarried lungo dai fiumi per coprire la terra withtheir depositi; la polvere e di argilla vengono miscelate intoplaster per le pareti delle case e le case,nuovamente, e gli uomini con la loro pelle gialla che con-tinues il suolo, fondersi nelle entità che abbiamo callChina. Il Giallo terra va al cuore di thecities e il continuo scambio di miseria, di sporcizia,delle disposizioni introdotte dal la roulotte e rivertraffic, dà a tutta la

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History of art . and: the age-old dust that isbrought by the north winds and that whirls in never-ending clouds across the disk of the sun, and the claycarried along by the rivers to cover the earth withtheir deposits; the dust and the clay are mixed intoplaster for the walls of the houses, and the houses, again, and the men with their yellow skin which con-tinues the soil, merge into the entity which we callChina. The yellow earth goes to the very heart of thecities, and the perpetual exchange of misery, of dirt, of provisions brought in by the caravans and the rivertraffic, gives to the whole mass, and to the life thatruns through to its depths, a slow, compact movementthat never leaves the circle which it first followed.The horizon is as closely limited as the life, and all the CHINA , 95 space and all the duration of the world cohere andare one. An agriculturalist, or rather, a gardener—for tenthousand years, perhaps—^cultivating his square ofearth with slow patience and solicitude, accumulating. Tomb of the Mings (xv Century). Triumphal Way. Monster. human fertilizer for it, getting his food and the food forhis family and his beasts out of the smallest space, always bending over his soft soil and often livingbeneath its surface, his whole skin, his feet, and hishands impregnated with that soil—the Chinese knowsits weight, its consistency, its degree of moisture anddryness, its very taste. He hears the dull murmurthat stirs it when seed is sprouting. One would saythat his whole sensual imagination has concentrated inthe desire to handle that unctuous earth and the sub-stances that he takes from it, the fat jade, cornelianstone, crystal, agate, chalcedony, the hard stoneswhose spots he knows how to utilize, whose veins he 96 MEDIEVAL ART knows how to follow, the kaolin and the flint, the whiteearth, the copper and the tin that he melts together toproduce his black bronze. He knows his material sowell, he is acquainted to such a degree with its habitsand custom

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