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Ian Yang

The Meaning of Art - Chinese Art Introduction by Herbert Read - 1 views

  • The history of Chinese art is more consistent, and even more persistent, than the art of Egypt. It is, however, something more than national. It begins about the thirtieth century B.C. and continues, with periods of darkness and uncertainty, right down to the present century. No other country in the world can display such a wealth of artistic activity, and no other country, all things considered, has anything to equal the highest attainments of this art.
  • Chinese technique is amazingly simple: it involves the knowledge of the use of one brush and one color—but that brush used with such delicacy and that color exploited with such subtlety, that only years of arduous training can produce anything approaching mastery. As is well known, the Chinese normally write with a brush, and a brush is as familiar to them as a pen or pencil is to us. The first fact to realize about Chinese painting is that it is an extension of Chinese handwriting. The whole quality of beauty, for the Chinese, can inhere in a beautifully written character. And if a man can write well, it follows that he can paint well. All Chinese painting of the classical periods is linear, and the lines which constitute its essential form are judged, appreciated and enjoyed, as written lines.
  • Throughout its history, then, Chinese art conceives nature as animated by an immanent force, and the object of the artists is to put themselves in communion with this force, and then to convey its quality to the spectator.
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  • the most distinctive variations are due to religious influences, to Buddhism and Confucianism. No doubt, as always, these religions gave a tremendous impetus to artistic activities of all kinds. But they also did a lot of harm – Buddhism by its insistence on a dogmatic symbolism, always a bad element in art; and Confucianism by its doctrine of ancestor worship, which was interpreted in art as crude traditionalism, requiring the strict imitation of ancestral art. But in spite of these limitations, perhaps in some sense because of them, Chinese art maintains its vitality, reaching its highest development in the Song period, a period which corresponds roughly in time, and even more strikingly in mannerism, with the early Gothic period in Europe.
marshal mathers

Uncharted realm of Indian Art Painting - 0 views

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    These days you will stumble upon numerous of web portals from where you can easily buy Indian art paintings online. And few of them are do providing outstanding and exceptionally remarkable paintings and sculptures designed and created by veteran artists. Discover the realms of imaginative art pieces created by usage of striking brush strokes and effervescent colors.
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Decorative Painting Techniques How to Paint Flowers on a Wall - 2 views

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    To paint flowers on a wall, use a chisel brush to create long, sweeping stems, dab on colors of paint to create small petals, and add a few leaves and foliage to finish it off.....
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Glass Painting Techniques Basic Glass Painting Techniques - 2 views

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    Additional brush and paint application techniques for adding paint to your glass painting project; learn this and more in this free online art lesson video about glass painting taught by expert Jason Painter
Ian Yang

S60 5th Edition Application: XpressSketch for Nokia N97, X6, 5580XM, 5530XM… ... - 3 views

  • XpressSketch isn’t a simple drawing app but rather a powerful drawing tool offering following features: Faster and smoother drawing. More than 50 thousand colors.  Do not hesitate, what color to choose, use the convenient palette of colors. 8 tools (list will be expanded in future versions) In pencil, there are 8 different brushes (work tool “brush” in the next versions will be improved, you will be transparency) Easily zoom, easy and rapid movement of the canvas. Ability to save images in formats jpg and png, open any image, create a new canvas with arbitrary dimensions.
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    This great tool alone is good enough for me to love my Nokia 5230.
Benjamin Hansen

Sean's Portfolio - 0 views

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    Oil paintings. Lots of brush strokes. Easy one page portfolio
Benjamin Hansen

Your favorite web sites - StumbleUpon - 1 views

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    Here is my stumble upon account it almost all design resources. I don't want you to join I am just trying to help you guys out if you want resources. I would rather be educated than see brush links.
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    You got some really awesome links at StumbleUpon, Ben, I definitely will go back for more and steal some for my group! :P
Benjamin Hansen

bnjmn.hnsn's Bookmarks on Delicious - 1 views

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    Here are my delicious bookmarks it almost all design resources. I don't want you to join I am just trying to help you guys out if you want resources. I would rather be educated than see brush links when I come here.
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