The artist says, "I am interested in the traditional East Asian painting theme, 'E ight Views of Xiaoxiang.
The artist says, "I am interested in the traditional East Asian painting theme, 'Eight Views of Xiaoxiang.' In my long-term research, the ancient subject is involved with the present knowledge, perceptions, and geography".
Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts on East 66th Street routinely assembles ultra-refined, economy-size shows, and "Japanese Choose Chinese Arts: Porcelains and Painting Themes" is in that line.
As our eyes rise from the bottom to the top of the painting, the painting's theme unfurls itself, little by little, travelling huge distances within a matter of centimetres, and dramatically intensifying as our eyes rise and rise.
For a festive idea, paint holiday themes such as a Jack-O-Lantern or a Christmas tree.
Perhaps the Japanese artists were mainly taught to paint Christian themed easel paintings by the Europeans but not the illuminated manuscripts.
Kalighat painters often chose to paint mythological themes and Bengali day-to-day life; the paintings on the Tarakeswar affair were a unique exception.
After the revolution, Vasnetsov continued to paint folkloric themes.
Forests, fire, blood, paint – Germanic themes given new force.
With these moments of crudity, the works destroy the conventional distinction between writing and painting – a theme that became even more obvious after Twombly's move to Rome in 1957.
