Chinese Modern Art

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Angel Moves Too Fast to See: Selected Works 1971-1989

Beetlejuice [Blu-ray]

A COUPLE OF RECENTLY DECEASED GHOSTS CONTRACT THE SERVICES OF A BIO-EXORCIST IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE OBNOXIOUS NEW OWNERS OF THEIR HOUSE.


Multimedia Learning Suite - Chinese Characters

This multimedia learning suite allows you to memorize and understand more than 3,000 Chinese words.
It combines the proven MemoryLifter learning technology with the advantages of the new portable MemoryLifter Stick.

The learning suite is a complete learning system designed to target long-term retention. It is a fully portable solution. No installation is required, just plug and go, at home, at the library... Wherever you are, your learning progress is saved.

The suite includes the MemoryLifter Stick with the scientifically based MemoryLifter learning software and more than 3,000 multimedia flashcards. Furthermore the suite contains a complementary study guide, introductory videos, MP3 audiobooks for playback on portable listening devices, and a "Learn to Learn" booklet.

The flashcards are arranged in 3 Learning Modules:

1. Chinese Numbers, Dates and Time
will help you to get familiar with the symbols for the Chinese numbers, and will teach you how to form dates and tell the time.
2. Chinese Radicals
teaches you to recognize radicals in composite characters, which will allow you to deduce the meaning of the composites more easily.
3. Chinese Thematic Vocabulary
contains 2,500 flashcards organized by subjects: food and drinks, business, family, human body, shopping etc.


Software Features
MemoryLifter software contains many features to enhance your learning experience and help you reach your study goals more quickly:

- Various learning modes: Active Mode, Multiple Choice Mode, Listening Comprehension Mode, etc.
- Tracking of learning progress and statistical feedback
- Easy editing and expansion of your modules with your own data
- Sophisticated print wizard to print flashcards selectively




77 Dances: Japanese Calligraphy by Poets, Monks, and Scholars 1568-1868

The first book on Japanese calligraphy from the significant Momoyama and Edo periods (1568–1868), 77 Dances examines the art of writing at a time when it was undergoing a remarkable flowering, as illustrated by over one hundred sumptuous illustrations. Everything from complex Zen conundrums to gossamer haiku poems were written with verve, energy, and creativity that display how deeply the fascination for calligraphy had penetrated into the social fabric of Japan. Examining the varied groups of calligraphers creating works for diverse audiences will show how these artistic worlds both maintained their own independence and interacted to create a rich brocade of calligraphic techniques and styles.The book begins with basic information on calligraphy, followed by six main sections, each representing a major facet of the art, with an introductory essay followed by detailed analyses of the seventy-seven featured works. The essays include: The revival of Japanese courtly aesthetics in writing out waka poems on highly decorated paperThe use of Chinese writing styles and script formsScholars who took up the brush to compose poems in Chinese expressing their Confucian idealsCalligraphy by major literati poets and paintersThe development of haiku as practiced by master poet-painters The work of famous Zen masters such as Hakuin and Ryokan



 

Pages 8–9.

 

Pages 82–83. 

 

Pages 220–21.


Chinese Flash Cards: Kid-friendly Cards Build Chinese Vocabulary (Berlitz Kids Flash Cards) (Chinese Edition)

These fun bilingual flash cards, featuring popular art from the Adventures with Nicholas series, will have children speaking everyday words in a flash. There are 50 flash cards with colorful visual cues and phonetic transcription of objects and concepts. These rounded edge flash cards have the English translation on the reverse side, and the Chinese edition includes characters and pinyin.


All Men Are Brothers / Shui Hu Chuan

This translation of a Chinese classic (14th Century) is the epic tale of a band of patriots in China during the latter part of Sung Dynasty and is considered by most to be one to the three or four greatest novels in Chinese literature. Shui hun chuan (water margin chronicles) is the adventure of a band of 108 outlaws (105 men and 3 women) struggling to help the Emperor rid himself of the despotic prime minister. Like Robin Hood, the bandit kings refer to themselves as the "gallant fraternity." They come out to harass the authorities and to attempt to solicit followers to overthrow a corrupt government in the name of the Emperor. Chocked full of ghosts, innkeepers who make hamburgers of their guests, giants of superhuman strength, beautiful women in distress, wily intellectuals and crafty merchants, this is a timeless tale of love and adventure.

This is an action thriller packed with bigger than life heroes. it has the obvious college adoption market but also a larger audience that have read Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West(Monkey), or Three Kingdoms.

It will also appeal to the martial arts world. Shaolin monks named some of their movements after these heroes...like Wu Song--"Step Back and Ride the Tiger." This book has chivalry, Buddhism, Confucianism, honor, humor, and tragedy. It is the War and Peace of the Orient.

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