Word: scrolled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...never considered as important to the painting as the brush stroke; only the black outline is essential. The potential of color was nearly exhausted by the tenth century. The magnificent "Deer among red maples" of the Five Dynasties period (906-960) shows the height of realistic color. This scroll is covered with foliage of red and brown earth tones, and deer are set naturally in the landscape...
...impressive expression of Chinese thought in the exhibit. Zen Buddhist sceptisism, denying man's rational ability to explain the meaning of the universe, also denies to the artist the possibility of capturing space with his brush. The sense of incompleteness one feels in the division of a hanging landscape scroll into planes separated by mysterious mists and clouds is a ploy to stimulate intuitive completion. Miss Waite '62 is writing her thesis on the dragon in Chinese art and civilization...
...telling than any archaeological find: for centuries, the Chinese attributed almost magical powers to their artists. This week gallerygoers who care to risk the dragons will be able to rediscover the magic at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Works ranging from bronze urns and jade dishes to scroll paintings more than 1,000 years old will be shown in one of the most spectacular exhibitions of Chinese art ever seen. The treasures were selected by a jury of Chinese and American experts from an estimated 35,000 items that were saved from the Palace Museum in Peking when...
During the presentation, Ten Brook read from a scroll, "The Hasty Pudding has always held womanhood and acting ability in high esteem..." Miss Fonda giggled
Also Flyspecks. The spy ring was handsomely equipped. A Chinese scroll discovered in Lonsdale's apartment had a secret catch revealing a hollow core. It contained $1,800 in cash. A can of paint at Houghton's place contained a plastic bag with $1,820 in cash. The brandy flask at the Krogers' contained iron oxide powder, which can be sprinkled on magnetic tape to make coded messages visible. Fly-speck-sized pieces of film found in Helen Kroger's purse were "microdots"-photographs of documents shrunk down by special equipment to minuscule size...