| It's not been long since Vietnamese art
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| | expressing their wish to be treated
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| established its ground in the past
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| | seriously by art lovers worldwide. Most
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| century. With the Ecole De Beaux Arts
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| | Vietnam artists borrow Western art
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| opening its doors to local students some
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| | techniques, but the content always
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| 70 years back, began the slow diffusion of
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| | pertains to the intricacies and
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| Vietnamese art into the local scenario.
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| | complexities of past Vietnamese cultural
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| However, the cultural inception of
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| | life. The Vietnam artists too, like
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| Vietnamese art goes back much further.
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| | others, are moved by their surroundings
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| When the first lessons in line drawing,
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| | and have opted for a sensitive medium to
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| anatomy, and landscape painting were
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| | put their identities into canvas using
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| offered in the first half of the 20th
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| | colors and poetic imagery.
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| century, art students began to make use of
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| | Generations of Vietnam artists have
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| the rich cultural and religious background
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| | executed their work brilliantly. No two
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| to bring new flavor to their work. Village
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| | artists display similar characteristics.
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| huts, farmers, and daily life formed the
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| | Rather, each one has his unique style.
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| themes of the paintings. The tradition of
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| | Among the artists of the older generation,
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| lacquer and silk paintings had already
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| | Bui Xuan Phai earned a name for having
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| begun very early and were used in temple
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| | traded paintings for food during the
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| decorations. The French colonial period
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| | period of serious economic hardship. The
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| saw a rise in the number of students
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| | younger generation of artists aims to make
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| taking to painting. These upcoming artists
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| | a mark for themselves in the widening
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| possessed sufficient skill but lacked the
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| | intellectual and business arena. This
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| means to display them to perfection.
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| | generation of young artists also reflects
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| However, the scenario has undergone a sea
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| | to move away from the past and create an
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| change today with modern artists executing
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| | indelible mark on the future. Use of
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| their abilities combining traditional and
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| | motifs, symbols, emblems form the chief
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| innovative styles.
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| | weapons by which these artists try to
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| Art connoisseurs outside Vietnam often
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| | convey the multiple emotions and feelings.
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| point out some striking resemblance of
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| | For long, Vietnam artists lacked the
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| Vietnamese painting to European painting.
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| | opportunities to exhibit their skill in
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| But it would be absolutely wrong to assume
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| | other parts of the world. Their
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| that Vietnamese art is a mere replica of
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| | imagination, however, did not wane away.
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| its European counterpart. An important
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| | Rather, it gave way to fresher ideas
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| justification of this is the desire of
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| | leading to experimentation. Vietnamese
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| Vietnam artists to make them acceptable
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| | fine art has thus new dimension and is
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| throughout the world. The resemblance to
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| | being widely acclaimed by art connoisseurs
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| European painting is often deliberate,
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| | worldwide.
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