Word: print
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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WHEN U.S. Commodore M. C. Perry opened Japan to Western influence in 1853, he dealt a death blow in its own homeland to a waning but graceful and distinctively Japanese art-the woodblock print. But the clean, flat patterns of Japanese printers had a major influence on Western painters from Whistler to Matisse. A century later, the influence has been reversed. Japanese artists, freshly inspired by the works of European post-impressionists and abstractionists, are breathing new life into an old form...
...breaking so sharply with the traditional print, Japan's new wood-block artists have forfeited their traditional popularity at home. They had to await the coming of the American occupation to win acceptance, even now remain more popular abroad than at home. Putting a sampling of Japan's best on display, Manhattan's small Weyhe Gallery in two months sold 75 prints, 25 of them to museums and schools, last week was awaiting a fresh supply from Japan to restock its walls...
Among the best of Japan's new print-makers is Tadashi Nakayama, 33, who switched from oils to woodprints only two years ago. Characteristically, he minimizes the realism of his dream-tossed horses (see color): "My real interest is not so much in horses as in the wind. I am fascinated by the way the wind can change the form of things-a flower, the hair of a girl, the mane of a horse...
High-Speed Film. A still-camera film 15 times faster than its present film was put on sale by the Polaroid Corp. for use with Polaroid Land cameras, which take, develop and print photos in 60 seconds. With a low-cost ($17.95) "wink light" that fills in background shadows and replaces flashbulbs, the new film takes pictures in table-lamp light. Cost: $1.79 per eight-exposure roll...
...language. "Because of the slovenliness of American speech and the ease with which words can be misunderstood, he does not hear the word correctly. Since he does very little reading, he has no idea that he is using the wrong word, for he has never seen the expression in print...