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...monochromatic style, to the 18th century. One could not hope for a more succinct introduction to what one of the artists represented on the walls, Tung Chi'i-ch'ang (1555-1636), rhapsodically called "the sheer marvels of brush and ink" wrought by the wen-jen or gentlemen scholars...
...realize how the terms have suffered in transit. To speak, for instance, of the "calligraphy" of a Western artist-Pollock's dripped skeins of paint, or the brisk rhythmic jotting of a Rembrandt sketch -is to use a metaphor. In classical Chinese painting, it is not. The wen-jen used the same brush for painting and writing, the same ink, the same habits of mind. The distinction between word and image, which is one of the sharpest divisions in our culture, barely existed for them at all; they expressed their thoughts with characters, not words, and these characters, having...
TUESDAY: The Incredible Flight of the Snow Greese. Filmed by naturalists Des and Jen Bartlett. CH. 4. 8 p.m. Color...
Moreover the Cornell runners are unbeaten in 18 connective dual meets. Only Harvard was able to put a blot on that record, holding Cornell to a 26-28 tie in 1970. In that race, Harvard's Tom Spengler defeated All-American Jen Anderson, a member of the U.S. Olympic team this year. Spengler finished in record time...
...American sizes and sent the results off to China, where the clothes were manufactured. Their bestseller is the classic Mao jacket, padded slightly for warmth, with a removable (and washable) white inner collar and buttons concealing snap closings. It retails for $33 (with matching trousers, it is called the jen-min chuang, or people's suit). The Dragon Ladies also offer other styles right out of Terry and the Pirates-a bright red medallion-print pantsuit at $70 and a long coat with slits up both sides, called...