Author: Arts Council of Great BritainPublisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The Harari Collection of Japanese Paintings and Drawings
Author: Arts Council of Great BritainPublisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The Harari Collection of Japanese Paintings and Drawings
Author: The Harari Collection of Japanese Paintings and Drawings: Kanō, decorative, Nanga and Maruyama
Author: Jack HillierThe Art and Architecture of Japan
Author: Robert Treat PainePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300053333
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Once slighted as mere copying from China, the arts of Japan are now seen as a unique alternation of advances and withdrawals. At times the islanders produced Chinese-style works of great beauty, unmatched on the continent. When they chose to be independent, their art differs at every level. Sculpture, and even more painting, are concrete, sensuous, and emotional, speaking directly to all.
The Prints of Isoda Koryūsai
Author: Allen HockleyPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295983011
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
He may very well be the most productive artist of the eighteenth century. Refuting outmoded paradigms of connoisseurship and challenging the assumptions of conventional print scholarship, Allen Hockley elevates this important figure from the status of a minor Edo-period artist. He argues that Koryusai excelled by the most significant measure -- he was a highly successful creator of popular commodities. Employing an "active audience" model, Hockley reshapes the study of ukiyo-e as a.
A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English
Author: Jozef RogalaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136639233
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Provides an invaluable and very accessible addition to existing biographic sources and references, not least because of the supporting biographies of major writers and the historical and cultural notes provided.
The Harari Collection of Japanese Paintings and Drawings: Kanō, decorative, Nanga and Maruyama
Author: Jack HillierGrove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set
Author: Jonathan BloomPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019530991X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1697
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture is the most comprehensive reference work in this complex and diverse area of art history. Built on the acclaimed scholarship of the Grove Dictionary of Art, this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Recent changes in Islamic art in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq are elucidated here by distinguished scholars. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world. With the fundamental understanding that Islamic art is not limited to a particular region, or to a defined period of time, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture offers pathways into Islamic culture through its art.
Japanese Color Prints & Paintings
Author: Sotheby's (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Imprints (Publishers' and printers' statements)
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings: the Primitive Period, 1680-1745
Author: Donald JenkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Color prints, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description