Brush Writing in the Arts of Japan | The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/brush-writing
Showcasing masterworks of brush-inscribed Japanese texts, some serving as independent works of art and others enhanced by decorated papers or by paintings, this exhibition takes a close look at the original gestural movement marked in each work—the applied pressure, speed, and rhythm that are said to reflect the artist’s state of mind.
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