The Tao Of Art
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Author | : Stephen Little |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780520227859 |
A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.
Author | : Ben Willis |
Publisher | : Dissertation.com |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Art, Chinese |
ISBN | : 9780595144211 |
Whether Taoism is a nature philosophy or simply pantheism, it is clearly one of the world's oldest and most important philosophies of life. In The Tao of Art, Ben Willis brings together two widely disparate fields of thought, art and philosophy, and shows the unity between them in Taoism. A recent major exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago confirmed what Willis makes clear: that most historical Chinese art was heavily influenced by the cosmic concepts of the philosophical Taoists. Through a brilliant synthesis of the procedures and values of art with the inner meaning of the Tao, Willis establishes compelling reasons to believe that both art and creativity are imbued with a universal spirituality. The Tao of Art is a valuable contribution to art theory, as well as a benefit to readers interested in spiritual development and a broader understanding of Taoism. Well researched, with 18 B&W reproductions of beautiful Chinese watercolors.
Author | : Sven Lindqvist |
Publisher | : Granta Books |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2012-08-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1847085865 |
'During the Tang dynasty, the Chinese artist Wu Tao-tzu was one day standing looking at a mural he had just completed. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and the temple gate opened. He went into his work and the gates closed behind him.' Thus begins Sven Lindqvist's profound meditation on art and its relationship with life, first published in 1967, and a classic in his home country - it has never been out of print. As a young man, Sven Lindqvist was fascinated by the myth of Wu Tao-tzu, and by the possibility of entering a work of art and making it a way of life. He was drawn to artists and writers who shared this vision, especially Hermann Hesse, in his novel Glass Bead Game. Partly inspired by Hesse's work, Lindqvist lived in China for two years, learning classical calligraphy from a master teacher. There he was drawn deeper into the idea of a life of artistic perfectionism and retreat from the world. But when he left China for India and then Afghanistan, and saw the grotesque effects of poverty and extreme inequality, Lindqvist suffered a crisis of confidence and started to question his ideas about complete immersion in art at the expense of a proper engagement with life. The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu takes us on a fascinating journey through a young man's moral awakening and his grappling with profound questions of aesthetics. It contains the bracing moral anger, and poetic, intensely atmospheric travel writing Lindqvist's readers have come to love.
Author | : Chee Soo |
Publisher | : Taoist Cultural Arts Assoc.n |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Kung fu |
ISBN | : 9780954524425 |
Author | : Laozi |
Publisher | : Watkins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : 9781844838509 |
Explains the idea of the Tao, or the Way, in Chinese religious thought.
Author | : Bruce Lee |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2015-09-08 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1462917887 |
In the months leading up to his death, Bruce Lee was working on this definitive study of the Chinese martial arts--collectively known as Kung Fu or Gung Fu. This book has now been edited and is published here for the first time in its entirety. Bruce Lee totally revolutionized the practice of martial arts and brought them into the modern world--by promoting the idea that students have the right to pick and choose those techniques and training regimens which suit their own personal needs and fighting styles. He developed a new style of his own called Jeet Kune Do--combining many elements from different masters and different traditions. This was considered heretical at the time within martial arts circles, where one was expected to study with only a single master--and Lee was the first martial artist to attempt this. Today he is revered as the "father" of martial arts practice around the world--including Mixed Martial Arts. In addition to presenting the fundamental techniques, mindset and training methods of traditional Chinese martial arts, this martial art treatise explores such esoteric topics as Taoism and Zen as applied to Gung Fu, Eastern and Western fitness regimens and self-defense techniques. Also included is a Gung Fu "scrapbook" of Bruce Lee's own personal anecdotes regarding the history and traditions of the martial arts of China. After Lee's death, his manuscript was completed and edited by martial arts expert John Little in cooperation with the Bruce Lee Estate. This book features an introduction by his wife, Linda Lee Cadwell and a foreword from his close friend and student, Taky Kimura. This Bruce Lee Book is part of the Bruce Lee Library which also features: Bruce Lee: Striking Thoughts Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon Bruce Lee: Artist of Life Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body Bruce Lee: Jeet Kune Do
Author | : Ireneus László Legeza |
Publisher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Philippe L. Gross |
Publisher | : Ten Speed Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2012-08-01 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1607741989 |
This provocative, visually stunning volume draws upon Taoist teachings to explore the creative and spiritual dimensions of the art of photography. Excerpts from the Taoist classic the Chuang-tzu and the writings of Western aesthetes are complemented by over 60 photographs from the work of such canonical photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Stieglitz, and Dorothea Lange. Lucid instructional text and enlightening exercises assure that photographers of all levels will be able to incorporate the lessons of the Tao into their own work.
Author | : Laozi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781627950985 |
In Tao Te Ching on the Art of Harmony, the Chinese sage Laozi teaches readers how to live a life with integrity and balance with 81 verses written in 6th century BC. This is a luxuriously illustrated and silk-bound, foil-blocked edition of this classic Chinese text on the principles of Taoism for all who seek a more natural way of living.
Author | : Dawn Lianna |
Publisher | : Eagle Song Healing |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2009-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780979659768 |
The Tao Te Ching has been translated many times. This transmission came through to Dawn Lianna. These are messages of love for current times. These messages are simple, profound, poetic and truth filled. Lao Tzu's words are sweet to the ear and soothing to the soul and help point the way toward happiness.