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The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen by Audrey Yoshiko Seo, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Matthew Welch, Stephen Addiss (1998, Hardcover) 
The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen by Audrey Yoshiko Seo, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Matthew Welch, Stephen Addiss (1998, Hardcover)

 
The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen by Audrey Yoshiko Seo, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Matthew Welch, Stephen Addiss (1998, Hardcover)

Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Publication Date: 1998-12-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1570623589
ISBN-13: 9781570623585
Product ID: EPID553674
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Publication Date:1998-12-01

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Length:220 pages
Height:12.5 in
Width:8.8 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:41.6 oz

Publisher's Note
This book is devoted to Zen art as a living tradition. It explores the heart of Zen experience through contemporary Zen art, demonstrating how this time-honored visual form continues to flourish today.

This is the first book of its kind devoted to Zen art as a living tradition -- published in conjunction with a touring exhibit of twentieth-century Zen art that will be on display at the Los Angeles County Museum, the University of Richmond, Virginia, and other locations. Zen art has long been acknowledged as a priceless legacy of Japanese culture. Zen teachers believe that visual art, such as painting, calligraphy, and ceramics, can reveal Zen mind more directly than can words alone. While previous books have focused on works from earlier centuries, The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen explores the heart of the Zen cultural experience with contemporary Zen art, demonstrating how this time-honored visual form continues to flourish today. Through their personal, dramatic, and often humorous brushwork, the great Zen masters of our own century have continued to create striking new expressions of their own Zen insight.

Industry Reviews
Following a brief introduction to the historical development of Zen Buddhism in Japan and its characteristics in the 20th century, this exhibition catalog unfolds the personal journeys of 14 leading Japanese Zen masters expressing the Zen spirit in their teaching and their art. Appropriately illustrated with portraits of the masters and their calligraphy and paintings, mostly in full color, this book is a rich display of artistic variations on traditional Zen themes. One of very few titles on the subject, this is an important contribution to the study of Zen art and serves as a window on the Zen world for the Western audience. Seo teaches Japanese art and culture at the College of William and Mary; the exhibition will be touring the United States through the spring of 2000. Recommended for public and academic libraries as a welcome addition to Asian art collections. Lucia S. Chen, NYPL
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