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This film style was virtually patented in the '50s by Robert Bresson, the great French minimalist, and has been widely copied ever since. It seems easy to imitate. But when directors can't approach the artistry of which Bresson was capable, the films become a series of still-lifes about...
Kimmelman doesn't have to climb mountains to find inspiration. A trip to the supermarket with his 5-year-old leads him to think about how art transfigures the commonplace, which puts him in mind of the hushed brown crockery in the still lifes of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin...
It's 10 a.m. on a bright May day, and the arts wing at Gustav A. Fritsche Middle School in Milwaukee, Wis., is hopping. In a band room, 21 members of the jazz ensemble are rehearsing Soul Bossa Nova with plenty of heart and impressive intonation, in preparation for a...
"Floating-world" art was propelled by the rise of Kabuki, a form of theater that began one night in 1603, when a priestess named Okuni performed in Kyoto dressed as a kabukimono, or dissolute samurai. The shogunate soon barred women from the stage, but male actors embodying the expressive new...
Right now, the art attractions at Kotohira-gu are not limited to the treasures of the okushoin. Current exhibitions there also include four other galleries of paintings, sculptures, scrolls and screens from various periods. One fascinating show is a retrospective of the work of Yuichi Takahashi, one of the first...