Japanese Painting: Calligraphy and Image
13 Aug 2007 - 19 Feb 2008
JAPANESE PAINTING: CALLIGRAPHY AND IMAGE
September 13–February 19 | Pavilion for Japanese Art
In traditional Chinese aesthetics, scholars considered poetry to be the highest form of communication, followed by calligraphy, which revealed the character of the writer, then by painting, a pictorial branch of calligraphy also meant to elucidate poetic imagery and reveal the painter's individual nature. This group of paintings and calligraphies features three main groups of Japanese artists for whom calligraphy became a central means of expression: Zen and other Buddhist monks, literati, who modeled themselves after the educated Chinese elite, and aristocrats of the imperial line, who bore the responsibility for maintaining authentic Japanese artistic principles.
Curator: Hollis Goodall, Japanese Art. This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
September 13–February 19 | Pavilion for Japanese Art
In traditional Chinese aesthetics, scholars considered poetry to be the highest form of communication, followed by calligraphy, which revealed the character of the writer, then by painting, a pictorial branch of calligraphy also meant to elucidate poetic imagery and reveal the painter's individual nature. This group of paintings and calligraphies features three main groups of Japanese artists for whom calligraphy became a central means of expression: Zen and other Buddhist monks, literati, who modeled themselves after the educated Chinese elite, and aristocrats of the imperial line, who bore the responsibility for maintaining authentic Japanese artistic principles.
Curator: Hollis Goodall, Japanese Art. This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.