Utamaro And the Spectacle of Beauty - Couverture rigide

Davis, Julie Nelson

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1861893590 ISBN 13 : 9781861893598

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2007

Synopsis

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) was one of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world," in late eighteenth-century Japan. In particular, he was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women. In this book, Julie Nelson Davis draws on a wide range of sources and her own sophisticated analysis of his works to reinterpret Utamaro within the context of his times.

Reconstructing the place of the ukiyo-e artist within the commercial print market of eighteenth-century Japan, Davis situates Utamaro's oeuvre within the artistic culture that surrounded him, demonstrating how his images participated in a larger spectacle of beauty that characterized the city of Edo (present-day Tokyo). Walking the streets of Edo with Utamaro, she follows his life and output up until his arrest for insulting military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi (for depicting his wife and concubines), which would destroy his career just as it reached its pinnacle. Examining how Utamaro and other artists of his time engaged with the construction of gender, identity, sexuality, and celebrity, Davis makes a larger contribution to art history as a whole.

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À propos de l'auteur

Julie Nelson Davis is associate professor of East Asian art in the Department of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Dramatic Impressions: Japanese Theater Prints from the Gilbert Luber Collection.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1861893590
• ISBN 13: 9781861893598
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible