The Art and Technique of Sumi-e Japanese Ink Painting
Japanese Ink Painting as Taught by Ukao Uchiyama
Explore the ancient technique of Japanese ink painting. The art of sumi-e, which means ink picture, combines calligraphy and ink-painting to produce brush painting compositions of rare beauty. This beauty is paradoxical—ancient but modern, simple but sophisticated, bold but subdued—no doubt reflecting the art's spiritual basis in Zen Buddhism. At the same time, sumi-e painting is firmly rooted in the natural world, its various techniques serving as the painter's language for describing the wonders of nature.Buddhist priests brought the ink stick and the bamboo-handled brush to Japan from China in the sixth century, and over the past fourteen…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4629-0856-1
- EAN: 9781462908561
- Produktnummer: 21858307
- Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 72 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 25'979 KB
- Abbildungen: over 50 b&w and color paintings
Über den Autor
Kay Morrissey Thompson studied at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston and the Art Students' League in New York. Her professional experience includes work with Glamour, Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping, McCall's, and The New York Times Magazine. She accompanied her husband on a three-year assignment to Japan, where she began her study with Ukai Uchiyama.
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