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Author Westgeest, Helen, 1958-

Title Zen in the fifties : interaction in art between east and west / Helen Westgeest
Edition Second edition
Published Zwolle : Waanders Publishers ; Amstelveen : Cobra museum voor moderne kunst, 1997

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Description 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Zen and the Zen arts What is Zen? Zen arts : Sumi-e and Shō. Aspects of Zen and the Zen arts -- West looks East : a short history Kandinsky : a new perception of Japanese art -- Unity between West and East : American artists and Zen Mark Tobey, John Cage and Ad Reinhardt. Insight into Zen -- Zen arts in France Jean Degottex, Pierre Alechinsky and Yves Klein. Zen in practice -- Release through Zen and German art Rupprecht Geiger, Karl Otto Götz and Günther Uecker. Zen as support -- Inherent Zen in Japan Saburo Murakami, Atsuko Tanaka, Akira Kanayama and Kazuo Shiraga. Shiryu Morita. Self-evidence of Zen
Notes "Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Dr. L. Leertouwer, hoogleraar in de faculteit der Godgeleerdheid, volgens besluit van het College van Dekanen te verdedigen op woensdag 11 september 1996 te klokke 14.15 uur."
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)-Leiden, 1996
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250)
Notes Summary in Dutch
Subject Art, Japanese -- Influence.
Art, Japanese.
Art, Modern -- Japanese influences.
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Zen influence
Zen art -- Influence.
Zen Buddhism -- Influence.
Zen art.
Zen painting.
ISBN 9040098921
Other Titles Interaction in art between east and west