. English: Accession Number: Display Artist: Artist Unknown Display Title: The Essence of Painting Series Title: The Essence of Painting Creation Date: 1750 Medium: Woodblock Height: 9 7/8 in. Width: 6 11/16 in. Display Dimensions: 9 7/8 in. x 6 11/16 in. x 3/4 in. ( cm x cm x cm) Publisher: Nishimuraya Genroku Credit Line: 'Gift of Captain George B. Powell, Jr., JAGC, USN' Label Copy: 'This sample book was published in the city of Osaka, and it contains black-and-white copies of paintings by popular Chinese and Japanese artists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuri
. English: Accession Number: Display Artist: Artist Unknown Display Title: The Essence of Painting Series Title: The Essence of Painting Creation Date: 1750 Medium: Woodblock Height: 9 7/8 in. Width: 6 11/16 in. Display Dimensions: 9 7/8 in. x 6 11/16 in. x 3/4 in. ( cm x cm x cm) Publisher: Nishimuraya Genroku Credit Line: 'Gift of Captain George B. Powell, Jr., JAGC, USN' Label Copy: 'This sample book was published in the city of Osaka, and it contains black-and-white copies of paintings by popular Chinese and Japanese artists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Among the many subjects included are works of natural history, a genre that, in Japan, ultimately was derived from Chinese bird-and-flower paintings and printed manuals. On this page the Japanese artist Chokuan renders a hawk and a pine tree in a uniquely Japanese vision. The page on the right provides translations of Chinese seal script in updated characters, demonstrating the interest among merchant-class people of learning the ancient script.' Label Copy (Spanish): 'Este libro de muestras se public en la ciudad de Osaka y contiene copias en blanco y negro de pinturas de artistas populares chinos y japoneses de los siglos XVII y XVIII. Entre los muchos temas incluidos hay obras de historia natural, un gnero que en Japn se deriv de las pinturas de aves y flores y los manuales impresos chinos. En esta pgina el artista japons Chokuan plasma un halcn y un pino en una visin singularmente japonesa. La pgina a la derecha proporciona traducciones del sello chino en caracteres actualizados, demostrando el inters que tena la clase comerciante por aprender la caligrafa antigua. ' Collection: The San Diego Museum of Art . 29 May 2008, 12:50:44. English: thesandiegomuseumofartcollection 1172 The Essence of Painting (5765355239)
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