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...owners of the seventy-odd Japanese scrolls and objects currently on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum do not speak Japanese. What led Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, the collectors, to purchase their first piece in the 1960s––a scroll by Jiun Onko from the 18th century, which hangs in the exhibition––was its similarity to the aesthetic of modern art, especially abstract expressionism. This is the connection that permits a non-specialist to even approach the doors of the exhibition. “Marks of Enlightenment, Traces...
...pavilion in the harem area of the Topkapi Palace. A synthesis of art and architecture dates to the Timurid-Turkmen period (1370-1506). Timur, known in the West as Tamerlane, came from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and went on to conquer near Eastern and Central Asian areas. The earliest known architectural scroll from the period "reflects the application of geometry in the Islamic tradition," according to "Turks" catalog editor David J. Roxburgh, a Harvard professor of history of art and architecture. The Ottomans took over in 1299, conquering neighbors, absorbing artistic styles, and creating a new, recognizable visual idiom. Objects from...
...manages to meet many of the epoch's most colorful and influential characters?from Chiang, whose cozy relationship with TIME's editor-in-chief Henry Luce makes Rowan wonder if his stories will be censored, to China's impressively urbane first Premier, Zhou Enlai, to the aging ink-scroll master Qi Baishi, who, fearful of the Communists' hostility to his art, locks up his paints at night and wears the key on a rope around his waist...
Other than minor editing gripes, this movie is a wonderfully raw portrayal of the dangers of success and self-delusion. But as the end credits scroll by, it is hard not to wonder about the filmmakers. Directed by two of Troy’s former band members, there is a definite undercurrent of bitterness and resentment towards Troy. Is this movie their final guffaw at Troy’s expense, or a noble warning to aspiring moviemakers...
...cops kept asking me to repeat the story of how I found the scroll, and they kept telling me that I was changing it and tripping me up. After an hour, they said, "Patrick Bucklew, did you steal the scroll?" I said, "No." And they asked again and again. Finally, I cracked. I just wanted to go home. They locked me up, and I called my dad, who hung up on me. Then he got me a very good lawyer. I spent three days in jail. After I was released, I didn't have the 50¢ it cost to take...