Ideals of the East
Ideals of the East

Author: Kakuzo Okakura

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-09

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0486148718

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Written by the foremost authority of the era on Oriental archeology and art, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introduction to Asian art. First published in 1883, it responded to a vogue in Western culture for a growing awareness and appreciation of Japanese artistic expressions of beauty and philosophy — a perspective that remains fresh and valid. Author Kakuzo Okakura (1862–1913) was a co-founder of the Tokyo Fine Art School (now known as Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) and a curator of Oriental art at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. He also wrote The Book of Tea, and together with this volume, his writings rank among the most widely read English-language works about Japan. Ideals of the East wrought profound effects on the Western understanding of the internal consistencies and strengths of East Asian aesthetic traditions. One of its major themes, the connections between spirituality and the evolution of Asian art, provided English-speaking people with the earliest lucid account of Zen Buddhism and its relation to the arts.

The Ideals of the East
The Ideals of the East

Author: Okakura Kakuzo

Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13:

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This is a short but very concise introduction to Asian art. Written from a Japanese perspective, and focusing on Japanese art, one of the major themes is the relationship between spirituality, particularly Buddhism, and the evolution of Asian art.

The Book of Tea
The Book of Tea

Author: Kakuzo Okakura

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1425000533

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The Book of Tea is a brief but classic essay on tea drinking, its history, restorative powers, and rich connection to Japanese culture. Okakura felt that "Teaism" was at the very center of Japanese life and helped shape everything from art, aesthetics, and an appreciation for the ephemeral to architecture, design, gardens, and painting. In tea could be found one source of what Okakura felt was Japan's and, by extension, Asia's unique power to influence the world. Containing both a history of tea in Japan and lucid, wide-ranging comments on the schools of tea, Zen, Taoism, flower arranging, and the tea ceremony and its tea-masters, this book is deservedly a timeless classic and will be of interest to anyone interested in the Japanese arts and ways. Book jacket.

The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art
The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art

Author: Michael Sullivan

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780520212367

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The exchange of art provides a vehicle for creative interaction between East and West, a process in which great civilizations preserve their own character while stimulating and enriching each other. Here scholar Michael Sullivan leads the reader through four centuries of exciting interaction between the artists of China and Japan and those of Western Europe. 24 color plates. 174 halftones.

Ideals of Beauty
Ideals of Beauty

Author: Julian Raby

Publisher: Thames and Hudson

Published: 2010-03-30

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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A curator-led tour through more than one hundred masterworks.

The Eminent Monk
The Eminent Monk

Author: John Kieschnick

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1997-07-01

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780824818418

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In an attempt to reconstruct an elusive aspect of the medieval Chinese imagination, The Eminent Monk examines biographies of Chinese Buddhist monks, from the uncompromising ascetic to the unfathomable wonder-worker. While analyzing images of the monk in medieval China, the author addresses some questions encountered along the way: What are we to make of accounts in “eminent monk” collections of deviant monks who violate monastic precepts? Who wrote biographies of monks and who read them? How did different segments of Chinese society contend for the image of the monk and which image prevailed? By placing biographies of monks in the context of Chinese political and religious rhetoric, The Eminent Monk explores both the role of Buddhist literature in Chinese history and the monastic imagination that inspired this literature.

The Ideals Of The East
The Ideals Of The East

Author: Kakuzo Okakura

Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 3849621944

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This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids The results of Mr. Okakura's visits to China and India, where he made exhaustive studies, are brilliantly set forth in this book, '' The Ideals of the East ", explaining his important and now generally accepted analysis of the movements of thought and art throughout Asia. Contents: Introduction The Range Of Ideals The Primitive Art Of Japan Confucianism—Northern China Laoism And Taoism—Southern China Buddhism And Indian Art The Asuka Period - 550 To 700 A.D. The Nara Period - 700 To 800 A.D. The Heian Period - 800 To 900 A.D. The Fujiwara Period - 900 To 1200 A.D. The Kamakura Period - 1200-1400 A.D. Toyotomi And Early Tokugawa Period - 1600-1700 A.D. Later Tokugawa Period - 1700-1850 A.D. The Meiji Period - 1850 To The Present Day The Vista