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The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese

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I was thinking of writing a review for this valuable book. Since I have the paperback, I read the review for it. I agree with everything said by ROBERTO "rofernan". I'm sure that the hardness of the cover is not the important feature of this book. The art speaks directly. So often, we see famous ancient works. That's great and safe. But to present works fresh and relatively unknown, from a living tradition is art appreciation in the highest. By focusing on the work and lives of 14 Zen Masters, we see how each represents the whole, the spiritual depth of Zen, while learning history, both Japanese and American, east meeting west. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition that toured four museums from 1998-2000. There are 90 plates and 28 figures. The mediums are ink paintings and pottery but there are photographs of temples and people too. It is a treasure.