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Indeed, ana. Here's another of Keiko Tanabe's paintings I love: http://data.fineartstudioonline.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=6064&subkeyvalue=230521&page=WorksDetail Best, Judy On 1 January 2003 09:38, Ana Olinto <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > impressive, kanabe's work. > > 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 > > > 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 > > > > 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.) > -- Frisky Moll Press: http://judithprince.com/home.html "I can't read my library card." ---Jeff Hecker, Norfolk, VA