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Japanese calligraphy.

by: Films Incorporated

Publication date: 1957

Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Alechinsky, Pierre, 1927-, Calligraphy, Japanese, Language, Language

Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Films Incorporated

Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

Examines Japanese language symbols in art, rediscovered by the painter Pierre Alechinsky. Abstract Western art is compared to Japanese art, which has been "modern" for ten centuries

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Summary

Depicts the meaning and place of the Japan.se language symbols in art and in other types of communication. Shows the work and approach of the traditional artist and the new approach of the modern young artist. Produced in France. English narration.

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Addeddate: 2015-02-21 00:14:08

Boxid: IA1113014

Identifier: japanesecalligraphy

Oclc_id: 316976600

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