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Floating World of Ukiyo-E: Shadows, Dreams and Substance - Couverture rigide

Blood, Katherine L.; Farquhar, James Douglas

 
9780810941694: Floating World of Ukiyo-E: Shadows, Dreams and Substance
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0810941694 ISBN 13 : 9780810941694
Editeur : Harry N. Abrams, 2001

Synopsis

Focusing on Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating or sorrowful world"), the colourful woodblock prints that are the most popular form of Japanese art, this book introduces the little-seen collection held by the Library of Congress. This collection of prints, drawings and books, one of the largest outside Japan, has never been exhibited and has rarely been handled. The art form of Ukiyo-e first flourished in 17th-century Edo (now Tokyo), depicting landscapes, portraits of courtesans and actors. This book includes known masterpieces by such names as Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kunisada, as well as rare and unusual prints that have not been explored before, and thus serves as a survey of its subject.

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À propos de l'auteur

Katherine L. Blood is Fine Print Curator in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Sandy Kita, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Japanese Art History at the University of Maryland, College Park; also regularly teaches a course on Ukiyo-e at the Rare Book School at the University of Va., Charlottesville. Lawrence E. Marceau, M.A., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Japanese at the University of Delaware. James Douglas Farquhar, Ph.D., a professor at Univ. of Maryland and a historian of 15th-century northern European painting. Shiji Honda has served for many years as Buddhist priest in the Washington, DC, area. From 1961-91 was Reference Librarian in the Japanese Section of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress.

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Éditeur
Harry N. Abrams
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0810941694
ISBN 13 
9780810941694
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
WordUnited GmbH
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