The Yin/Yang of Painting: A Contemporary Master Reveals the Secrets of Painting Found in Ancient Chinese Philosophy

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Through the harmonious balancing of opposites, the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin yang is beautifully applied to the art of painting in an illuminating, results-oriented instructional for artists of all levels. According to this time-honored system, successful art is based on balanced energies and the control of contrasting elements within a work. This remarkably simple approach is presented in two seamless parts. Part One examines the traditional elements of painting-from value (light/dark) and texture (thick/thin) to color (warm/cold) and brushwork (sharp/blurred)-as evolving from a true balance of opposites. Part Two's step-by-step demonstrations focus on major genres of painting-still life, landscape, and the figure-employing all the yin-yang principles for the completion of successful paintings.

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Enchanting but thoughtful.......2007-06-21

I am almost through reading this book and dread reaching the end! It has been such a wonderful adventure absorbing Zhang's approach to color, color palettes, and analyzing the various colors chosen for his yin/yang palettes, not to mention enjoying his beautiful work. I am anxious to give some of his ideas a try.

I would highly recommend this book not only for its unique slant on oil painting, but for the mental exercise it has provided! It's not just your typical same old beginner's book, that's for sure. This one makes an artist THINK!

Westerner's view on the Yin/Yang.......2005-09-26

I found this book very helpful, especially in the area of mixing color. I thought the information was put in a way that is easy to remember. Overall, the picture quality is pretty good but I thought this kept the book from being great.

Simply Awesome! A MUST for all Painters........2004-06-15

I have read the previous reviews, and find that the people with criticism have missed the most important point. For me, it is that by using Mr. Zhang's complementary palettes, a painter cannot create MUD!
There may be other books which describe some of the notions of opposites presented by the authors, but none which provide an artist with such a foolproof method for mixing harmonious paint. After many years of using the classic paint hues of the great masters, I attempted a painting with one of Mr. Zhang's palettes, and found that with respect to color, it is the best and most satisfying work of my life. Now I paint exclusively with them.
I believe that this book is meant for advanced artists, although beginners will find a world of important fundamentals, as well.
For all its valuable lessons, the pages of the book are also filled with absolutely stunning paintings. HongNian Zhang creates sheer visual poetry. His book, so clearly and intelligently written by portrait artist and teacher Lois Woolley, is replete with novel ideas, expert instruction, and edifying demonstrations. But it would also be worth owning for the paintings alone.
I do wish persons who consider writing a review would actually read and study the book, and in the case of an instruction book for artists, that they actually attempt putting to practice the lessons taught -- otherwise they have no basis from which to judge, and no business doing so. I can't recommend this book highly enough -- five stars are far too few!

Painting Mastery.......2003-03-28

This book is a must for the master artist who wishes to advance to the next level of color/light mastery. It is not just pages of beautiful illustrations and color tips.Having enjoyed a sucessful art career myself for many years, this the first art book that I have read that speaks on many leverls to the professional artist. It presents useful ways to limit palet choices without limiting color expression. I have given this six copies away of this book to my contempory artist friends and we all agree that it is a MUST HAVE BOOK!

Painting Mastery.......2003-03-28

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty, ECSQARU 2003, held in Aalborg, Denmark in July 2003.

The 47 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited survey articles were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on foundations of uncertainty concepts, Bayesian networks, algorithms for uncertainty inference, learning, decision graphs, belief functions, fuzzy sets, possibility theory, default reasoning, belief revision and inconsistency handling, logics, and tools.

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July 7th (Front Porch Paperbacks)
Jill McCorkle
Manufacturer: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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ASIN: 1565120027

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An unsolved murder at the Quik Pik propels us into twenty-four hours of rich comedy and fast action in the North Carolina town of Marshboro. Two memorable presences are Granner Weeks, a white widow, and Fannie McNair, a black housekeeper. They know that people learn to live by living with each other--in each other's ways and in each other's hearts. "With these JULY 7th and The CHEER LEADER . . . McCorkle emerges as the most exciting young American writer of fiction to come along in years."--Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Just so-so.......2001-08-22

Difficult book to like, but there is some salvageable material in it. The novel starts with 21-year old Sam Swett, drunk and deserting NYC in a southbound truck. He gets dropped off in a small town of NC, very close to where he grew up. Eventually, many more characters enter the story. All are related to one another by virtue of living in a small town.

July 7th is Granner's birthday, and the scenes at the party are the best this book has to offer. Granner's two children, Kate and Harold, are as different as you may imagine. Kate is pretentious, and cringes every time someone reminds her of her humble origins. Of course, her brother Harold loves to do that every chance he gets. The family dynamics at Granner's party become evident, the reactions are hilarious, and overall extremely accurate.

What i am most disappointed with are the dialogs between Sam Swett and Corky. Sam wants to be different but does not know how, and is a very confused person. Corky is sad, trying to survive a family tragedy. They make a likely pair at the beginning, but the way their relation came to be is too unrealistic, and i was unhappy about the ending of it. There was no reason it should have been so.

Without giving too much of the ending away, i did not like that there was no resolution to the murder, and that Sam Swett, a man of such strong convictions, never pursued truth in this case. What a hypocrite!

This book could use a good proofreader. Although i can understand spelling "going to" as "gonna" to emphasize the personality of certain characters, missing commas are unacceptable.

I'm Glad I Kept Reading.......1998-02-18

After reading about 50 pages of July 7th I had some doubts about whether I would finish it. A variety of characters were introduced fairly rapidly, and I thought gee this should be one of those books where they list all of the personae on a page before the book begins. I did finish July 7th and really enjoyed it. The author uses a McGuffin of a convenience store murder to establish the story, but the book is really about a group of related people in a small town in North Carolina. While JM has at least one serious message to present, the novel is essentially an intelligent, witty development of her characters during a 24 hour period of their lives. A central event is the birthday party of "Granner" the gift loving matriarch of the clan (She thought it a shame that her birthday and Independence Day didn't coincide so she has her clan celebrate July 4th on her birthday July 7th).

A Sermon, on the effects of the Hebrew slavery as connected with slavery in this country: preached in the 7th Presbyterian Church in the city of Philadelphia, ... our national independence, July 4, 1825

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A Sermon, on the effects of the Hebrew slavery as connected with slavery in this country: preached in the 7th Presbyterian Church in the city of Philadelphia, ... our national independence, July 4, 1825
James Patterson
Manufacturer: Cornell University Library
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This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection

Proceedings of the Colored National Convention, held in Rochester, July 6th, 7th and 8th, 1853.

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Proceedings of the Colored National Convention, held in Rochester, July 6th, 7th and 8th, 1853.
N.Y.) Colored National Convention (1853 : Rochester
Manufacturer: Cornell University Library
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Binding: Paperback

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This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection

7 De Julio/ July 7th: Episodios Nacionales/ National Episodes (Biblioteca De Autor/ Author Library)

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7 De Julio/ July 7th: Episodios Nacionales/ National Episodes (Biblioteca De Autor/ Author Library)
Benito Perez Galdos
Manufacturer: Alianza Editorial Sa
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7th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (21-25, July 1986, Brighton Centre) Proceedings VOLUME 1

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7th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (21-25, July 1986, Brighton Centre) Proceedings VOLUME 1
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7th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence: 21-25, July 1986, Brighton Centre (Proceedings, VOLUME 2)

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7th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence: 21-25, July 1986, Brighton Centre (Proceedings, VOLUME 2)
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Abstraction, Reformulation, and Approximation: 7th International Symposium, SARA 2007, Whistler, Canada, July 18-21, 2007, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Abstraction, Reformulation, and Approximation: 7th International Symposium, SARA 2007, Whistler, Canada, July 18-21, 2007, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Manufacturer: Springer
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Abstraction, Reformulation, and Approximation, SARA 2007, held in Whistler, Canada, in July 2007.

The 26 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of 3 invited papers and 13 research summaries were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. All current aspects of abstraction, reformulation, and approximation in the context of human common-sense reasoning, problem solving, and efficiently reasoning in complex domains are addressed. Among the application fields of these techniques are automated reasoning, automatic programming, cognitive modelling, constraint programming, design, diagnosis, machine learning, model-based reasoning, planning, reasoning, scheduling, search, theorem proving, and tutoring.

ACTA No. 7: Washington, D.C. 25-30 July 1982 (Records of the 7th International Colloquy on Military History)

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ACTA No. 7: Washington, D.C. 25-30 July 1982 (Records of the 7th International Colloquy on Military History)

Manufacturer: Sunflower Univ. Press
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ASIN: B000R2ZNFI

An Address to the citizens of Philadelphia, on the subject of slavery: delivered on the 4th of 7th month, (July,) A.D. 1833

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An Address to the citizens of Philadelphia, on the subject of slavery: delivered on the 4th of 7th month, (July,) A.D. 1833
Edwin P. (Edwin Pitt) Atlee
Manufacturer: Cornell University Library
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1429744936
Release Date: 1833-01-01

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Originally published in 1833. 16 pages. This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection

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Why do we feel the need to perform music in a historically informed style? Is this need related to wider cultural concerns? In this challenging study, John Butt sums up recent debates on the nature of the early music movement, calling upon a seemingly inexhaustible fund of ideas gleaned from historical musicology, analytic philosophy, literary theory, historiography and theories of modernism and postmodernism. He develops the critical views of both supporters and detractors, claiming ultimately that it has more intellectual and artistic potential than its detractors may have assumed.

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Why do we feel the need to perform music in a historically informed style? Is this need related to wider cultural concerns? In the most ambitious study of the topic to date, John Butt sums up recent debates on the nature of the early music movement and historically informed performance, calling upon a seemingly inexhaustible fund of ideas gleaned from historical musicology, analytic philosophy, literary theory, historiography and theories of modernism and postmodernism. He develops the critical views of both supporters and detractors of the movement, while claiming ultimately that it has more intellectual and artistic potential than its detractors may have assumed. He also asks whether the phenomenon of historically informed performance reflects changes in the culture of western music and how it, in turn, may have influenced that culture, particularly in regard to such issues as the status of the composer, the work, intentionality and notation.

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Deadly Worlds offers an original analysis of one of the unsolved questions of the current age: what are the emotional costs and possibilities of globalization? Lemert and Elliott challenge the dominant interpretations of the late modern world by delving below the surface of cultural and economic theories to explore theories of the new individualism. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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