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Book/Reference Entry: SONGTIAN
Year of Publication: Oxford University Press 2006
This is a secondary source because it is a biography of the Chinese painter Songtian (known for painting squirrels), who lived from the early to mid 18th century.

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Monks in Politics, Monks in the World: Buddhist Activism in Contemporary Myanmar

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Monks in Politics, Monks in the World: Buddhist Activism in Contemporary Myanmar

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Social Research. Summer2015, Vol. 82 Issue 2, p507-530. 24p.

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The Transnational Buddhism of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

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The Transnational Buddhism of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

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Journal: Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Year of Publication: 2014
Secondary source because it was written in our time period and nobody from that time period is still alive, so it can't be a first hand account.

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From Bodhidharma to Daruma: The Hidden Life of a Zen Patriarch

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From Bodhidharma to Daruma: The Hidden Life of a Zen Patriarch

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Journal:Nichibunken Japan Review: Journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Year of Pub: 2011
Source: Secondary
This is secondary because it is not a written account from the time but more so analyzing the life of the people from that time period.

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Journal- Artibus Asiae
Year of Publication- 1992
Source- secondary source
- This is a secondary source because it is not written from the time. It is an explanation about the Arhats in China and Tibet.

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Contemporary Wars and Armed Conflicts: Sources, Causes and Possible Solutions.

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Contemporary Wars and Armed Conflicts: Sources, Causes and Possible Solutions.

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Journal: International Affairs: A Russian Journal of World Politics, Diplomacy & International Relations
Year of Pub: 2016
Source: Secondary
Because it is a recount of information that was presented prior to this article being written.

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Painting Mao's Words: An Exercise in Landscape Painting by Lee Chun-yi

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Painting Mao's Words: An Exercise in Landscape Painting by Lee Chun-yi

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Authors: Seo, Audrey Yoshiko
Year: 1998
It is a secondary source because it discusses about the zen artworks done by a Japanese zen master Deiryu

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title: Zen : masters of meditation in images and writings
YofP: 1996
Secondary source, because it is written about past events is not a firsthand account.

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Database: Google Arts&Culture

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The Artistry and Therapy of Zen Practice

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The Artistry and Therapy of Zen Practice

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Journal: Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies
Year of Publication: 2016
Secondary Source
Reason: This is a secondary source because it is a discussion on aspects of Zen and can't be viewed as a first-hand experience.

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Database: ARTSTOR

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Topic: Zen winter
Database: Artstor
Reason: The painting shows a river landscape that is going form spring, on the right, to winter, on the left.

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Database: Artstor
Reason: It was written by an amateur Zen monk during his hard training period. I also like the look of the geese.

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Date- 16th-17th century
Period- Ming Dynasty
Reason- depicts three arhats in meditation and study. This was made from wood (willow)

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Freer Sackler

Sakyamuni, Confucious and Laozi
Reason: This is my painting for the presentation

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Shakyamuni Descending from the Mountains

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Shakyamuni Descending from the Mountains

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Topic: Chan ink paintings
Database: ARTSTOR
Reason: it shows the significance of Shakyamuni in East-Asian Buddhism.

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Topic: Chan Ink Painting by Songtian in the 14th century
Database: Artstor
Reason: The squirrels depicted are delicately detailed and life-like. The artist is known for his unique style of painting squirrels with "crisp, decisive brushstrokes". I chose this painting because I love squirrels and these are especially cute.

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Topic: Zen painting
Database: Artstor
Reason: Bada Shanren is one of my favorite Chinese artists. This Zen painting is simple but contains deep understanding of Zen. Also, the skillful use of brush on calligraphy and image are amazing.
Source: Munson, Steven C. "On Discovering Bada Shanren." Commentary, vol. 116, no. 1, Jul/Aug2003.
This is a secondary source since this article is an analysis of the artist Bada Shanren and his painting.

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Topic: Ink and light color on paper
Database/Museum: ARTstor
Reason: This painting shows three birds, two sitting on a flowering branch and the third flying above them. There is a sense of liveliness and energy.

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Topic: Zen Buddhism
Database: Google Arts & Culture
Reason: This photograph depicts Zen Buddhist monks meditating. I like that the photo is black and white because it shows the true essence of Zen Buddhism.

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Unsui: Kesho: Experiencing Awareness

Date: 1973

The happiness and enlightenment of finding your Zen. The hand is only a outline because the finding of zen is an inner, spiritual idea and but the feeling is both inner and outer.

Unsui: a diary of Zen monatic life
1973
secondary source: because it based on other sources of the Zen monastic life. It is not a personal diary or journal of a monk living in a monastery.

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Title: Innocence
Date Created: 1897
Location Created: Japan
Image found on Google Art & Culture

Reason: chunky child

Article: Between Two Cultures: Late Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Chinese Paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Year of publication: 2001

Secondary source - author gives opinion on artists and their works

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Innocence - Yokoyama Taikan - Google Arts & Culture

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A child with rounded cheeks like a baby Buddha, who wears a cloth that is too large and Japanese sandals, stands at the riverside. Violet flowers are under...

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Topic: Ch'an ink painting
Database: Metropolitian Museum of Art
Reason: The painting shows an image of Budai, which in some sects of buddhism is thought to be Maitreya, and is based on a chinese monk.

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Topic: Zen Painting on scroll
Database: ARTstor
Year: Muromachi period, early 16th century

I selected this image because while the image has an empty background, the bird is not floating in space. An environment is created to with the addition of the branch. Along with the usage of space, the artist uses simplistic brush strokes in order to create an intricate pattern on the bird.

Zen Buddhist landscape arts of early Muromachi Japan (1336-1573)
Year of publication: 1999
This is a secondary source because the author analyzes artwork from the same time period of Bird on Snow-Covered Branch.

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Topic: Shinto architecture woodblock print
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Year: 1936
Database: Freer & Sackler Gallery
Reason: The print shows a rainy but vibrant display of a women in traditional garb next to a Shinto temple. It excites yet relaxes.

Title: Kawase Hasui: Collecting a Versatile Modern Master, 2013, secondary source.

Decades after the death of the artist, the author is writing a biography about the life and the works of Kawase

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Title: Continuations of Ch'an Ink Painting into Ming-Ch'ing and the Prevalence of Type Images
Journal Title: Archives of Asian Art
Year: 1997
Secondary Source
Reason: this article is a critic and analysis of Chan ink paintings

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Topic: Chan ink painting
Database/Museum: ARTstor
Reason: this painting shows the landscape around a Buddhist temple and was painted by a Chan Buddhist monk