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On Wed, Jan 1, 2003 at 3:55 AM, Ana Olinto <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> china is the only culture where painting was, from almost
> the beginning (tang, and then even more with the sung),
> seen and reflected as the most noble of human activities
> (actually the most noble was calligraphy, but painting is
> an extention from it.)
> in the west, such a seriousness about painting didn't
> appear until leonardo; and perhaps it was more *his*
> seriousness - and, later, cézanne's - than that of the general culture. the
> latter just became *less*
> negligent, in my opinion.
> the sung men - particularly earlier sung men - emptied themselves before
> nature completely, but the yuan,
> and, even more, the ming and ching, had a conception
> of painting as a quite free creation not achieved
> among us until the modernism.
> ana
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:24 AM
> Subject: East Asian painting
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> This wiki quick gloss over monochrome landscape painting in Japan and
> China seems worth following up on. (Some of the aesthetic is to do with
> accidents which are perfect... side note)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_painting
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> an austere monochrome style of ink painting introduced from Sung and
> Yuan dynasty China largely replaced the polychrome scroll paintings of
> the previous period, although some polychrome portraiture remained –
> primary in the form of chinso paintings of Zen monks.Typical of such
> painting is the depiction by the priest-painter Kao of the legendary
> monk Kensu (Hsien-tzu in Chinese) at the moment he achieved
> enlightenment. This type of painting was executed with quick brush
> strokes and a minimum of detail.
>
> Does anyone know of better URLs?
>
> best, cj (had enough of typing my name.)
>
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