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Author: Timon Screech
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Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781780237442
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title is an introduction to the important artists of the Edo period Japan and their work, as well as the issues and concepts surrounding the production and consumption of art in Japan at that time
Author: Christine Guth
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780297833703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Edo period saw the growth of an urban culture of extraordinary richness, sophistication and cultural diversity, and an unprecendented flowering of the arts, in painting, woodblock prints, ceramics, laquer and textiles. This text offers an overview of the arts of the Edo period as they developed in Kyoto, Edo, Osaka and Nagasaki, illustrated with the work of artists such as Korin, Utamaro and Hokusai, as well as with lesser-known artists of the time.
Author: John T. Carpenter
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 262
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned for Pleasure is a dazzling probe of Japan's famous "floating world" of spectacle and entertainment. From luxury paintings of the pleasure qurters to Hokusai's iconic "Red Fugi," Designed for Pleasure presents a focused examinatin of the priod's fascinating networks of art, literature, and fashion, proving that the artists and the publishers and patrons who engaged them not only morrored the tastes of their energetic times, they created a unifying cultural legacy. Contributors include John T. Carpenter, Timothy Clark, Julie Nelson Davis, Allen Hockley, Donald Jenkins, David Pollack, Sarah E. Thompson, and David Boyer Waterhouse.
Author: Robert T. Singer
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780300077964
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShows and describes Edo-period art, including screens, armor, woodblock prints, pottery, and kimonos
Author: Rachel Saunders
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300250893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccompanies an exhibition of the same name held at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 14-July 26, 2020.
Author: Christine Guth
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis survey examines the art and artists of the Edo period, one of the great epochs in Japanese art. The author focuses on the urban aspects of Edo art, including discussions of many of Japan's most popular artists - Korin, Utamaro and Hiroshige, among others.
Author: Elizabeth Lillehoj
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 214
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines how and why people bought, sold, donated and received works of art at a time of dynamic exchanges between those making and those acquiring art.
Author: Dale Carolyn Gluckman
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExhibition, held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from November 15, 1992, to February 7, 1993
Author: Andrew Archer
Publisher:
Published: 2018-11
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9781584237150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA captivating work of cultural blending unlike anything created prior, Andrew Archer's Edo Ball must be seen to be believed. This series of paintings seamlessly fuses contemporary basketball imagery with Edo-period Japanese art and culture, with captivating results. Often front and centre, an NBA personality is dramatically reimagined and yet recognizable, surrounded by the myriad trappings of the 'floating' world. Brief accompanying texts describe the thematic connections between each painting's converging themes and explore the roles that culture, community, celebrity, and games play in our daily lives.
Author: Carol Finley
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 9780822520771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocuses on Japanese wood block prints of the Edo period (1600-1868) by explaining the subject matter as well as the technique used in making them.
