IF YOU CAN READ THIS, CHANGE YOUR DEFAULT BACKGROUND COLOR TO BLACK ! THIS PAGE IS FOR SUNY ALBANY STUDENTS WHO TAKE CHINESE PAINTING WITH PROFESSOR HARTMAN SLIDES: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 ...

Exploring the conceptual and artistic achievements of the Taoist tradition, Taoism and the Arts of China features 150 rare works ranging in date from 500 BCE to 1800 CE, including an extraordinary array of paintings, sculptures, calligraphy, textiles, ritual objects, and scholar's books.

P.D.GOLDSMITH'S LARGE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS - Reprinted in part from Cover Magazine Jan.'94: Some artists- and there are many- dedicate the entirety of their life's work to the service of some inner muse or necessity, virtually untouched by the fluid barage of movements, trends and isms which mark and influence so many others. Patrick Goldsmith is just such an artist. Throughout these works, but ...

Asian Views of Nature: China Taoism in Poetry and Art text by Dr. Roxanne Farrar Links/bibliographic sections by Dr. Vess The way, the Tao, is something that comes out of nature. Part of the belief of Taoism is that it's futile to fight against the way. You're swimming up a stream if you try to fight the Tao. One of the beautiful metaphors for Taoism, what the Taoist person should do, is they ...