The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono

The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono PDF Author: Joan B. Mirviss
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780834803275
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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Book Description
Surimono are Japanese woodblock prints issued in very limited editions for special occasions. Many served as elegant New Year greeting, and these prints combine embossing, gauffrage, hand-rubbed metallic pigments and materials such as lacquer and mother-of-pearl. Most surimono were commissioned by poetry clubs and are inscribed in calligraphy with whimsical or humorous poems composed by the club members. The Frank Lloyd Wright collection of surimono was recently discovered in the vaults of Taliesen West, and this book, in conjunction with a touring exhibition of Wright's surimono, presents the prints. It contains a catalogue of the prints in the collection, an essay on poetry found on the surimono and an index of poets.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono

The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono PDF Author: Joan B. Mirviss
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780834803275
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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Book Description
Surimono are Japanese woodblock prints issued in very limited editions for special occasions. Many served as elegant New Year greeting, and these prints combine embossing, gauffrage, hand-rubbed metallic pigments and materials such as lacquer and mother-of-pearl. Most surimono were commissioned by poetry clubs and are inscribed in calligraphy with whimsical or humorous poems composed by the club members. The Frank Lloyd Wright collection of surimono was recently discovered in the vaults of Taliesen West, and this book, in conjunction with a touring exhibition of Wright's surimono, presents the prints. It contains a catalogue of the prints in the collection, an essay on poetry found on the surimono and an index of poets.

Reading Surimono

Reading Surimono PDF Author: John T. Carpenter
Publisher: Brill Hotei
ISBN: 9789004168411
Category : Art and literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"This full-colour catalogue illustrates and describes some 300 surimono (privately published deluxe Japanese prints) belonging to the Museum of Design Zurich, which were recently placed on long-term loan to the Museum Rietberg Zurich. Originally bequeathed to the Museum of Design by the Swiss collector Marino Lusy (1880-1954), the collection includes many rare and previously unpublished prints." "Edited by John T. Carpenter, with contributions from eleven Edo art and literary specialists, this scholarly publication investigates surimono as a hybrid genre combining literature and art. Each print in the Lusy Collection is described in detail, including translations of all accompanying poems. This publication is not only indispensable to specialists in ukiyo-e, but has much to offer any reader interested in traditional Japanese culture." --Book Jacket.

Living for the Moment

Living for the Moment PDF Author: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher: Prestel
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Barbara S. Bowman Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (October 11, 2015-April 3, 2016)"--Colophon.

Hokusai

Hokusai PDF Author: Matthi Forrer
Publisher: Prestel Pub
ISBN: 379131131X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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Book Description
Hokusai was one of the great masters of the Japanese woodblock print. His exquisite compositions and dynamic use of color set him apart from other printmakers, and his unequalled genius influenced both Japanese and a whole generation of Western artists. Now available for the first time in paperback, this book reproduces the artist's finest works in plates that convey the full variety of his invention, each of which is provided with an informative commentary. In his introduction, Hokusai expert Matthi Forrer traces the artist's career and defines his place in relation to his contemporaries and to the history of Japanese art. Examining all genres of the artist's prolific output -- including images of city life, maritime scenes, landscapes, views of Mount Fuji, bird and flower illustrations, literary scenes, waterfalls and bridges -- Hokusai, Prints and Drawings provides a detailed account of the artist's genius.

Hokusai and His Age

Hokusai and His Age PDF Author: John T. Carpenter
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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This profusely illustrated volume presents groundbreaking scholarship on the Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and his immediate artistic and literary circles. Achieving worldwide renown for his dramatic landscape print series, such as the "Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji," Hokusai also excelled in book illustrations, erotica, and privately commissioned woodcuts called "surimono." Aspects of the artist's innovative and novel approach to the graphic arts are discussed in the first half of this volume. Less well known, Hokusai was a highly accomplished painter who oversaw a studio of several close pupils, including his daughter Ti, who often worked in a style closely resembling his own. The study of Hokusai's corpus of paintings thus raises many complex issues of authorship, dating and authenticity -- further complicated by the abundant production of forgeries both during and after his lifetime. An appendix of recognized Hokuzai seals helps further clarify this aspect of the artist's work. The distinguished roster of contributors includes: Asano Shugo, Gian Carlo Calza, John T. Carpenter, Timothy T. Clark, Doris Croissant, Kobayashi Tadashi, Kubota Kazuhiro Roger Keyes, Matsudaira Susumu, Matthi Forrer, Naito Masato, David Pollack, John M. Rosenfield, Timon Screech, Segi Shin'ichi, Henry D. Smith II, and Tsuji Nobuo. The publication is sponsored by the International Hokusai Research Centre at the University of Venice and the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC), London and Norwich.

Poetry & Image in Japanese Prints

Poetry & Image in Japanese Prints PDF Author: Charlotte van Rappard-Boon
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Book Description
"Surimono" (literally "printed object"') are privately published prints inscribed with a dedication or poem that reflects upon everyday themes. This catalog includes more than 150 illustrations of prints drawn from the splendid Amsterdam Rijksmuseum collection. It also contains in-depth essays discussing the history of surimono and the subjects depicted in the prints, which incorporate seasonal references and classical themes. Most of the poems on the selected prints have been translated into English. This publication is an important reference work in the study of "surimono."

ART OF THE SURIMONO.

ART OF THE SURIMONO. PDF Author: Theodore Robert Bowie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780253304742
Category : Art, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Beyond the Great Wave

Beyond the Great Wave PDF Author: James King
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783034303170
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Book Description
The Japanese landscape print has had a tremendous influence on Western art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In Japan and in the West it is often seen as the dominant form in Ukiyo-e, pictures from the floating world. And yet for all its importance, it is a genre whose history has never been written. Beyond The Great Wave is a survey or overview for all those interested in discovering the inner dynamics of one of art history's most remarkable achievements. However, it is also a quest narrative, in which landscapes and notions of Japan as a homeland are intertwined and interconnected. Although there has never been a book-length study of the Japanese landscape print in either Japanese or English, a great deal has been written about the two giants of the genre, Hokusai and Hiroshige. From what traditions did these two nineteenth-century artists emerge? Who were their predecessors? What influence, if any, did they have on other Ukiyo-e artists? Can their influence be seen in the shin-hanga and sĂ´saku-hanga artists of the twentieth century? This book addresses these issues, but it also looks at a number of other factors, such as the growth of tourism in nineteenth-century Japan, necessary for understanding this genre.

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting PDF Author: Richard M. Barnhart
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300094477
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Book Description
Written by a team of eminent international scholars, this book is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some 3000 years.

Blossoms in Snow

Blossoms in Snow PDF Author: Joshua Parker
Publisher: University of New Orleans Press
ISBN: 9781608011926
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages :

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"Thirty-five authors, through seventy-nine poems and short prose pieces, tell the story of the twentieth century's greatest refugee crisis. An English translation brings their work to English-speaking readers for the first time, side by side with the original German. The poems contextualize past and present responses to issues of asylum, reflect on the state of being stateless, draw parallels between the United States and Austria, and resonate deeply with our own contemporary geopolitical landscape"--