Japanese Popular Prints - 9780824830830
Un libro in lingua di Rebecca Salter edito da Univ of Hawaii Pr, 2006
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Most Westerners, says Salter (a British artist who studied woodblock technique in Japan), are familiar with Japanese woodblock art from single-sheet ukiyo-e prints depicting kabuki actors and courtesans. Here she offers illumination of another category of woodblock prints: ephemeral works--calendars, news-sheets, toys, board games, decorative papers, among other items--created with considerable skill for a popular audience. Salter begins with a history of printing in Japan (first developed for the dissemination of Buddhist texts) and a description of the careful method involving a carver, an artist and a publisher. She then discusses the production and content of the popular works in the context of a highly regulated culture, nevertheless intent on play. Her text is supported by examples of extravagantly vibrant, ingeniously playful color prints mainly from the Edo period (1603-1868). The book concludes with profiles of certain prolific artists who have remained largely invisible in Japanese art history, and a glossary and selected bibliography. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Japanese Popular Prints
- Sottotitolo: From Votive Slips to Playing Cards
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Rebecca Salter
- Editore: Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Collana: Univ of Hawaii Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Giugno '06
- Genere: ART
- Argomenti : Wood-engraving, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868 Themes, motives Color prints, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868 Themes, motives Printed ephemera Japan
- Pagine: 208
- Peso gr: 679
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 184 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0824830830
- EAN-13: 9780824830830