Sentences with phrase «oriental calligraphy»

He is left handed and out of logistic necessity, he works right to left, top to bottom, much in the tradition of oriental calligraphy.

Their placement and movement are reminiscent of the ancient practice of oriental calligraphy while functioning as contemporary means of personal cartography, attempting to articulate the notions of imaging and imagination, encounters and loss.

I mean, it's much more like Oriental calligraphy.

Mark Tobey (1890 — 1976) was among the 20th century's most cosmopolitan of painters, his distinctive approach to abstraction — fusing elements of Western modernism with Oriental calligraphy — bringing him considerable acclaim and success in his later career.

He was as aware of — and as accomplished in — Renaissance tempera techniques as he was of Oriental calligraphy and the pioneering movements in modern painting.

A Pollock biographer wrote:»... [Tobey's] dense web of white strokes, as elegant as Oriental calligraphy, impressed Jackson so much that in a letter to Louis Bunce he described Tobey, a West Coast artist, as an «exception'to the rule that New York was «the only real place in America where painting (in the real sense) can come thru.»

Not exact matches

His portraits of Passmore, Rees, Bonnard, Rothko, Degas, Renoir and other admired artists of the past, Mediterranean culture, the food, the sun and his passion for Oriental philosophy and calligraphy have provided the inspiration essential to his oeuvre.

This work can be interpreted in the simplest, most direct manner — as a stereotyped image of China's food culture and painting traditions, but at the same time, its multiple references to various Chinese social and historical backgrounds make interpretation much more difficult: the use of objects to express morality in Chinese landscaping, satirical poetry mocking ostentatious refinement, and the imitation of handwritten menus to capture a scene of civil life... Viewers unfamiliar with the specific context can easily find themselves lost in the smokescreen of mysterious Oriental poetic calligraphy and bonsai art.

Divided into two exhibition halls, the gallery accommodates various types of art, including oriental painting, photography, calligraphy, sculpture and media art.

His work incorporated art traditions ranging from Persian miniatures and Oriental rugs to African art and Asian calligraphy.

Kusama visits her studio on a daily basis to paint on canvases set flat — a return to the tradition of Oriental painting and calligraphy.

Yazan developed a style that combines calligraphy, oriental geometry, patterning and portraiture.

Japanese exquisite scenery, graphics and calligraphy add delightful elements to oriental interior decorating.