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...Wabi-sabi is a catchall term for a 16th century Japanese discipline that combines the notions of wabi (things that are simple or humble) and sabi (things that gain beauty from age). Artist and architect Leonard Koren introduced the term to Americans a decade ago with his extended essay, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers. But only recently have people begun to apply the term and philosophy to interior decorating. Several new books are leading the charge. Andrew Juniper's Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence and Taro Gold's Living Wabi Sabi: The True Beauty...
...imperfect, unpredictable and incomplete, wabi-sabi is a much more forgiving style than its predecessor. Wabi-sabi is a catchall term for a 16th century Japanese discipline that combines the notions of wabi (things that are simple or humble) and sabi(things that gain beauty from age). Artist and architect Leonard Koren introduced the term to Americans a decade ago with his extended essay, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers. But only recently have people begun to apply the term and philosophy to interior decorating. Several new books are leading the charge. Andrew Juniper's Wabi Sabi...
...preserved woolen one from 13th century Konya. The carpet came from the mausoleum of the Anatolian Seljuk ruler Sultan Ala'al-Din Kay Qubad, who died in 1237, and is unique in its simple composition and color scheme. Simplicity was not an effect sought or achieved by the imperial architect Sinan, who designed the magnificent 16th century doors on display. Fashioned from walnut and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, ebony and ivory, these were made for Sultan Murad III's pavilion in the harem area of the Topkapi Palace. A synthesis of art and architecture dates to the Timurid...
DIED. PHILIP JOHNSON, 98; in New Canaan, Conn. One of the nation's best-known architects and architectural tastemakers, he was also one of the great American enthusiasts. As co-organizer of the pivotal 1932 International Style exhibition at New York City's Museum of Modern Art, he introduced the U.S. to the European glass-and-steel modernism that would dominate its skylines after World War II. As an architect he produced some fine work in the modernist vein, like his own Glass House. But modernism's refusal of historical reference made him restless. In 1984, with his Chippendale-topped...