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Oriental brushwork

Uses a variety of oriental paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to depict the characteristics of oriental art and shows a Chinese and a Japanese artist demonstrating oriental brushwork. Points out that Chinese art is the ancestor of Japanese art and indicates that art and music have unique similarities. Features Mr. Tyrus Wong, a Chinese painter, and Mr. Chiura Obata of Japan. Narrated by Eliot O'Hara., A historical sketch of Chinese art, stressing its symbolism and expressiveness, emphasizing the purity and restraint of its brushwork, and explaining that oriental artists seek to convey mood and emotion rather than a literal representation. Describes different kinds of brushes and paper used by ancient and modern artists.
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, Uses a variety of oriental paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to depict the characteristics of oriental art and shows a Chinese and a Japanese artist demonstrating oriental brushwork. Points out that Chinese art is the ancestor of Japanese art and indicates that art and music have unique similarities. Features Mr. Tyrus Wong, a Chinese painter, and Mr. Chiura Obata of Japan. Narrated by Eliot O'Hara., How Chinese and Japanese artists use brushes, inks, and colors on silk scrolls and fiber paper., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

More in Eliot O'Hara Art Series

  1. Painting Reflections In Water. 1947
  2. Painting An Abstraction 1950
  3. Oriental brushwork 1954
  4. Painting Trees With Eliot O'hara 1954
  5. Rhythm in paint. 1954
  6. Painting with calligraphy 1955
  7. Oriental Brushwork 1956
  8. Painting Clouds 1956
  9. Painting Crowds Of People 1956
  10. Painting a portrait 1957
  11. Painting Crowds of People 1957
  12. Painting Shadows 1957
  13. Painting with Calligraphy 1957
  14. Drawing A Portrait 1958
  15. Drawing a Portrait 1958
  16. Painting A Portrait 1958

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