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Books by Caroline Self
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Chinese Brush Painting: a Hands-on Introduction
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Caroline Self studied brush painting with master teachers in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Korea, and California for over thirty years and has gathered the information, lore, and skills she learned into this book. She has a Master's Degree in Art Education and Sculpture. She taught art in the San Diego City Schools for twenty-five years and also taught Asian brush painting to children for six years. Susan Self studied art in college and on trips to Europe and Asia. She has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from UC San Diego and has worked as a technical writer in the software and telecommunications industries. |
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The Art of Chinese Brush Painting:
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Wabi Sabi: A New Look at Japanese Designby Lennox Tierney |
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Towards the end of World War II, Lennox Tierney was unexpectedly drafted, taught Japanese, and sent to Japan as Representative Commissioner of Art and Monuments for General Headquarters serving under General Douglas MacArthur during the Allied Occupation of Japan. His role was to organize and oversee the repair and preservation of cultural sites, art, and monuments bombed and destroyed in Japan during the Pacific War. Serving with him in Tokyo were Sherman Lee and Laurence Sickman. A gifted storyteller of Irish descent, Tierney leads you in Wabi Sabi through his awakening to the principles of Japanese aesthetics and philosophy during his early exposure to the culture. Like a Zen master, he doesn't lecture but helps you to experience the principles yourself through his narrative and stunning photographs. A glossary at the end of the book defines the key terms that the Japanese use to describe the subtle principles that are realized through their art, their houses, temples, gardens and ways of living. | |||||||||||||||||
Lennox Tierney is a Japanologist academic in the field of art history. He earned an undergraduate degree in Japanese Art at the University of California, Los Angeles and was awarded a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University. He became Professor in the Art Department at Pasadena City College and later taught at the University of Utah, where is now an emeritus professor. In addition to his former role as Commissioner of Art and Monuments in Japan, he was a former Director of the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, a former Curator of Japanese Art at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, and a former Curator of Asian Art at the San Diego Museum of Art. He was a member of the San Diego Japanese Garden Reconstruction Committee and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego. He has contributed to developing an understanding of Japanese art among students and American citizens over many decades. In November, 2007, the Japanese government acknowledged Tierney's life's work by conferring the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, which represents the third highest of eight classes associated with this award. More details about his life can be seen on the Wikipedia page about him at: | |||||||||||||||||
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