Artist Birthday: Kanō Motonobu
The Kanō School artists—the favored group of painters for the nobility and shogunate—worked in a variety of genre, including traditional yamato-e that included bright patterns and gold lea ...
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National Peach Day: Chinese Art
Although not an officially designated national day, it is recognized by the National Day Calendar to celebrate the famous summer fruit. Peaches have been cultivated in the US since the 1600s with the ...
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National Lighthouse Day: Dong Kingman
It was on this day in 1789 that Congress established funding in support of building of lighthouses, beacons, buoys and public piers. On August 7 of 1989, National Lighthouse Day was established by ...
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A Non-European Renaissance: Riza Abbasi
When we think of great periods of flowering in the arts, we, as westerners, usually think of the European Renaissance or the Baroque periods, or Ancient Greece. I think it is very important that we un ...
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