Author: Jeanne Carbonetti
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 9780823050574
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Combining the best of Eastern philosophy with the best of Western technique, this book is the first in a three-part series that offers inspiring and empowering advice for artists and creators of all levels. 100 color illustrations.
The Tao of Watercolor
Author: Jeanne Carbonetti
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 9780823050574
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Combining the best of Eastern philosophy with the best of Western technique, this book is the first in a three-part series that offers inspiring and empowering advice for artists and creators of all levels. 100 color illustrations.
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 9780823050574
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Combining the best of Eastern philosophy with the best of Western technique, this book is the first in a three-part series that offers inspiring and empowering advice for artists and creators of all levels. 100 color illustrations.
Taoism and the Arts of China
Author: Stephen Little
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227859
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227859
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.
Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting
Author: Mai-mai Sze
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN:
Category : Painting, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 783
Book Description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN:
Category : Painting, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 783
Book Description
The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu
Author: Sven Lindqvist
Publisher: Granta Books
ISBN: 1847085865
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
'During the Tang dynasty, the Chinese artist Wu Tao-tzu was one day standing looking at a mural he had just completed. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and the temple gate opened. He went into his work and the gates closed behind him.' Thus begins Sven Lindqvist's profound meditation on art and its relationship with life, first published in 1967, and a classic in his home country - it has never been out of print. As a young man, Sven Lindqvist was fascinated by the myth of Wu Tao-tzu, and by the possibility of entering a work of art and making it a way of life. He was drawn to artists and writers who shared this vision, especially Hermann Hesse, in his novel Glass Bead Game. Partly inspired by Hesse's work, Lindqvist lived in China for two years, learning classical calligraphy from a master teacher. There he was drawn deeper into the idea of a life of artistic perfectionism and retreat from the world. But when he left China for India and then Afghanistan, and saw the grotesque effects of poverty and extreme inequality, Lindqvist suffered a crisis of confidence and started to question his ideas about complete immersion in art at the expense of a proper engagement with life. The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu takes us on a fascinating journey through a young man's moral awakening and his grappling with profound questions of aesthetics. It contains the bracing moral anger, and poetic, intensely atmospheric travel writing Lindqvist's readers have come to love.
Publisher: Granta Books
ISBN: 1847085865
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
'During the Tang dynasty, the Chinese artist Wu Tao-tzu was one day standing looking at a mural he had just completed. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and the temple gate opened. He went into his work and the gates closed behind him.' Thus begins Sven Lindqvist's profound meditation on art and its relationship with life, first published in 1967, and a classic in his home country - it has never been out of print. As a young man, Sven Lindqvist was fascinated by the myth of Wu Tao-tzu, and by the possibility of entering a work of art and making it a way of life. He was drawn to artists and writers who shared this vision, especially Hermann Hesse, in his novel Glass Bead Game. Partly inspired by Hesse's work, Lindqvist lived in China for two years, learning classical calligraphy from a master teacher. There he was drawn deeper into the idea of a life of artistic perfectionism and retreat from the world. But when he left China for India and then Afghanistan, and saw the grotesque effects of poverty and extreme inequality, Lindqvist suffered a crisis of confidence and started to question his ideas about complete immersion in art at the expense of a proper engagement with life. The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu takes us on a fascinating journey through a young man's moral awakening and his grappling with profound questions of aesthetics. It contains the bracing moral anger, and poetic, intensely atmospheric travel writing Lindqvist's readers have come to love.
The Tao of Painting, a Study of the Ritual Disposition of Chinese Painting
Author: Mai-mai Sze
Publisher: [New York] : Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : China painters
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher: [New York] : Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : China painters
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The Tao of Painting, a Study of the Ritual Disposition of Chinese Painting. With a Translation of the "Chieh Tzŭ Yüan Hua Chuan", Or Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting [of Wang Kai], 1679-1701, by Mai-mai Sze ...
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Languages : en
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The Zen Art Book
Author: Stephen Addiss
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 159030747X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
"When a Zen master puts brush to paper, the resulting image is an expression of the quality of his or her mind. It is thus a teaching, intended to compassionately stop us in our tracks and to compel us to consider ultimate truth. Here, forty masterpieces of painting and calligraphy by renowned masters such as Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768) and Gibon Sengai (1750–1837) are reproduced along with commentary that illuminates both the art and its teaching. The authors’ essays provide an excellent introduction to both the aesthetic and didactic aspects of this art that can be profound, perplexing, serious, humorous, and breathtakingly beautiful—often all within the same simple piece."--Publisher description.
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 159030747X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
"When a Zen master puts brush to paper, the resulting image is an expression of the quality of his or her mind. It is thus a teaching, intended to compassionately stop us in our tracks and to compel us to consider ultimate truth. Here, forty masterpieces of painting and calligraphy by renowned masters such as Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768) and Gibon Sengai (1750–1837) are reproduced along with commentary that illuminates both the art and its teaching. The authors’ essays provide an excellent introduction to both the aesthetic and didactic aspects of this art that can be profound, perplexing, serious, humorous, and breathtakingly beautiful—often all within the same simple piece."--Publisher description.
The Tao of Chinese Landscape Painting
Author: Wucius Wong
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Tao of Painting
Author: Mai-mai Sze
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
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Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The Cat and the Tao
Author: Kwong Kuen Shan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743453352
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Artist and author Kwong Kuen Shan's exquisite paintings portray intricately rendered cats in a wide variety of situations and settings, from the garden to the pond to the windowsill, each one of which brings to life the specific Taoist or Confucian text that accompanies it. Full color.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743453352
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Artist and author Kwong Kuen Shan's exquisite paintings portray intricately rendered cats in a wide variety of situations and settings, from the garden to the pond to the windowsill, each one of which brings to life the specific Taoist or Confucian text that accompanies it. Full color.