Author: Peter C. SwannPublisher: Tokyo : Kodansha International ; New York : distributor, Kodansha International through Harper & Row
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A Concise History of Japanese Art
Author: Peter C. SwannPublisher: Tokyo : Kodansha International ; New York : distributor, Kodansha International through Harper & Row
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Modern Japanese Art, a Concise History
Author: 東京国立近代美術館History of Art in Japan
Author: Nobuo TsujiPublisher:
ISBN: 9780231193412
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
In this book the leading authority on Japanese art history sheds light on how Japan has nurtured distinctive aesthetics, prominent artists, and movements that have achieved global influence and popularity. The History of Art in Japan discusses works ranging from earthenware figurines in 13,000 BCE to manga, anime, and modern subcultures.
The Influence of Japanese Art on Design
Author: Hannah SigurPublisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1586857495
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
During America's Gilded Age (dates), the country was swept by a mania for all things Japanese. It spread from coast to coast, enticed everyone from robber barons to street vendors with its allure, and touched every aspect of life from patent medicines to wallpaper. Americans of the time found in Japanese art every design language: modernism or tradition, abstraction or realism, technical virtuosity or unfettered naturalism, craft or art, romance or functionalism. The art of Japan had a huge influence on American art and design. Title compares juxtapositions of American glass, silver and metal arts, ceramics, textiles, furniture, jewelry, advertising, and packaging with a spectrum of Japanese material ranging from expensive one-of-a-kind art crafts to mass-produced ephemera. Beginning in the Aesthetic movement, this book continues through the Arts & Crafts era and ends in Frank Lloyd Wright's vision, showing the reader how that model became transformed from Japanese to American in design and concept. Hannah Sigur is an art historian, writer, and editor with eight years' residence and study in East and Southeast Asia. She has a master's degree from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and is completing a PhD in the arts of Japan. Her writings include co-authoring A Master Guide to the Art of Floral Design (Timber Press, 2002), which is listed in "The Best Books of 2002" by The Christian Science Monitor and is now in its second edition; and "The Golden Ideal: Chinese Landscape Themes in Japanese Art," in Lotus Leaves, A Master Guide to the Art of Floral Design (2001). She lives in Berkeley.
Japanese Art
Author: Joan Stanley-BakerPublisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Art, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Traces the history of Japanese painting, calligraphy, architecture, sculpture, and other arts from the prehistoric period to modern times.
A Concise History of Japanese Art
Author: Peter Charles SwannJapan
Author: Mikiso HanePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1780743335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
What is a shogun? Who were the samurai and what is the warrior code? What lies behind the Japanese work ethic? From the ancient tea ceremony to the boom and subsequent downturn of its economic prosperity, this uniquely concise introduction to Japan and its history surveys nearly 10,000 years of society, culture, economics and politics. Balancing economic and political information with new insights into the twin spheres of art and religion, Mikiso Hane offers authoritative coverage of all aspects of Japanese life. With a particular focus on the key events of the last 200 years, the author also pays special attention to the changing conditions of those whose history has been so frequently neglected - the women, the peasants, and the lowest order of untouchables. Well-rounded and enlightening, this informative account of Japan and its people will be greatly appreciated by historians, students and all those with an interest in this diverse and enigmatic country.
A Concise History of Japan
Author: Brett L. WalkerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316239691
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine. The book begins by tracing the country's early history through archaeological remains, before proceeding to explore life in the imperial court, the rise of the samurai, civil conflict, encounters with Europe, and the advent of modernity and empire. Integrating the pageantry of a unique nation's history with today's environmental concerns, Walker's vibrant and accessible new narrative then follows Japan's ascension from the ashes of World War II into the thriving nation of today. It is a history for our times, posing important questions regarding how we should situate a nation's history in an age of environmental and climatological uncertainties.
Japanese Art & Culture
Author: Kamini KhanduriPublisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781410921079
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Introduces the art and culture of Japan. Includes a glossary and colorful photographs.
Discovering the Arts of Japan
Author: Stephanie WadaPublisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780789210357
Category : Art, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Early years - Introduction of Buddhism - The zenith of court culture - The court and the Shogunante - Aesthetics of warrior rule - The gilded road to unification - Tokagawa control and the rise of the bourgeoisie - Eyes to the West: the Meiji restoration.