Sentences with phrase «woodblock traditions»

Haiku Adventure is a magical realist adventure game which allows players to inhabit intricately composed landscapes that celebrate Japanese woodblock traditions, and explore the transformative tricks of perception contained within the formal constraints of haiku poetry.

Yuasa is involved in the physical making process at each stage, unlike previous masters of the woodblock tradition and, through the intimacy of this process, he further builds upon his existing connections to the subject of the work.

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These striking prints by the Japanese - American artist and longtime Berkeley professor Chiura Obata present the classic American landscapes of Yosemite and the High Sierra in the tradition of Hokusai's 36 Views of Mount Fuji, executed with a traditional Japanese woodblock technique.

Through her Tecelares, Pape proposes an alternative function for woodcuts, then considered a craft tradition; medium becomes a protagonist in these spatial investigations, as the texture of the woodblock becomes a compositional element.

Miwako Nishizawa is a California - based Japanese artist specializing in the traditional shin - hanga Japanese woodblock technique that revitalized the ukiyo - e tradition in early 20th century Japan.

Miwako Nishizawa is a California - based Japanese American artist specializing in the traditional shin - hanga Japanese woodblock technique that revitalized the ukiyo - e tradition in early 20th century Japan.

Drawing on a tradition of printed prayer books and literary texts that stretches back over centuries, she has woven streams of paper cut from a woodblock - printed book into five separate three - dimensional scrolls.

Works include woodblock prints, hand - painted scrolls, metal works and sculpture that highlight esteemed and centuries - old artistic practices and traditions from the cultures of Japan, China, India, Tibet and Thailand.

He works in the ancient tradition of woodblock printing using as many as 15 colors in a single print.

The installation features woodblock prints, hand - painted scrolls and wood carvings with a focus on the rich artistic traditions from the historic eras of Japanese cultures spanning more than 400 years.

«Land of the Rising Sun: Art of Japan» features woodblock prints, hand - painted scrolls and wood carvings with a focus on the rich artistic traditions from the historic eras of Japanese cultures spanning more than 400 years.

The perspectiveless compositions are reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints, Greek vases or Middle - Eastern erotic paintings; her colourful mosaics and mandala - shapes recall Buddhist, Byzantine or 17th - century Baroque traditions.