Author: Eitoku Kanō
Publisher: Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
A brief look at selected works of Kano Eitoku (1543-1590), acclaimed Japanese painter and founder of the Kano school of Japanese-style painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Kano Eitoku/ Tsuneo Takeda
Author: Eitoku Kanō
Publisher: Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
A brief look at selected works of Kano Eitoku (1543-1590), acclaimed Japanese painter and founder of the Kano school of Japanese-style painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Publisher: Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
A brief look at selected works of Kano Eitoku (1543-1590), acclaimed Japanese painter and founder of the Kano school of Japanese-style painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Kanō Eitoku
Author: Tsuneo Takeda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Politics of Reclusion
Author: Kendall H. Brown
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824819132
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Chinese themes of the Four Graybeards of Mt. Shang and the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove figure prominently in the art of Momoyama-period Japan (ca. 1575-1625). Kendall Brown proposes that the dense and multivalent implications of aesthetic reclusion central to these paintings made them appropriate for patrons of all classes - the military, who were presently in power, the aristocracy, who had lost power, and the Buddhist priesthood, who forsook power. These paintings, and their attendant messages, thus serve as dynamic cultural agents that elucidate the fundamental paradigms of early modern Japanese society. Unlike traditional art history studies, which emphasize the style and history of art objects, The Politics of Reclusion sets out to reconstruct the possible historical context for the interpretive reception and use of Chinese hermit themes within a specific period of Japanese art. In emphasizing the political dimension of aesthetic reclusion, it introduces into the field of Japanese art history a discussion of the politics of aesthetics that characterizes recent work in the field of Japanese literature. By embedding the paintings within the contexts of politics, philosophy, religion, and even gender, this study restores the reflexive relations between the paintings and their culture and, as such, is one of the first extensive intellectual and social histories of Japanese art in a Western language. It is one that will appeal not only to students of art but to those interested in Japanese literature, history, and philosophy.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824819132
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Chinese themes of the Four Graybeards of Mt. Shang and the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove figure prominently in the art of Momoyama-period Japan (ca. 1575-1625). Kendall Brown proposes that the dense and multivalent implications of aesthetic reclusion central to these paintings made them appropriate for patrons of all classes - the military, who were presently in power, the aristocracy, who had lost power, and the Buddhist priesthood, who forsook power. These paintings, and their attendant messages, thus serve as dynamic cultural agents that elucidate the fundamental paradigms of early modern Japanese society. Unlike traditional art history studies, which emphasize the style and history of art objects, The Politics of Reclusion sets out to reconstruct the possible historical context for the interpretive reception and use of Chinese hermit themes within a specific period of Japanese art. In emphasizing the political dimension of aesthetic reclusion, it introduces into the field of Japanese art history a discussion of the politics of aesthetics that characterizes recent work in the field of Japanese literature. By embedding the paintings within the contexts of politics, philosophy, religion, and even gender, this study restores the reflexive relations between the paintings and their culture and, as such, is one of the first extensive intellectual and social histories of Japanese art in a Western language. It is one that will appeal not only to students of art but to those interested in Japanese literature, history, and philosophy.
Warlords, Artists and Commoners
Author: George Elison
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824844920
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824844920
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Japan's Golden Age
Author: Dallas Museum of Art
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300094078
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A time of dramatic social and political change, and of brilliant artistic innovation and achievement, the Momoyama period (1568 - 1615) was one of the most dynamic eras in Japan’s history. This book displays spectacular Momoyama masterpieces in many media - paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, tea ceremony utensils, lacquerware, ceramics, metalwork, arms and armor, textiles, and Noh masks - and places each work of art into its historical and cultural context.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300094078
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A time of dramatic social and political change, and of brilliant artistic innovation and achievement, the Momoyama period (1568 - 1615) was one of the most dynamic eras in Japan’s history. This book displays spectacular Momoyama masterpieces in many media - paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, tea ceremony utensils, lacquerware, ceramics, metalwork, arms and armor, textiles, and Noh masks - and places each work of art into its historical and cultural context.
Critical Perspectives on Classicism in Japanese Painting
Author: Elizabeth Lillehoj
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824826994
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In the West, classical art - inextricably linked to concerns of a ruling or dominant class - commonly refers to art with traditional themes and styles that resurrect a past golden era. Although art of the early Edo period (1600-1868) encompasses a spectrum of themes and styles, references to the past are so common that many Japanese art historians have variously described this period as a classical revival, era of classicism, or a renaissance. How did seventeenth-century artists and patrons imagine the past? Why did they so often select styles and themes from the court culture of the Heian period (794-1185)? Were references to the past something new, or were artists and patrons in previous periods equally interested in manners that came to be seen as classical? How did classical manners relate to other styles and themes found in Edo art? In considering such questions, the contributors to this volume hold that classicism has been an amorphous, changing concept in Japan - just as in the West. Troublesome in its ambiguity and implications, it cannot be separated from the political and ideological interests of those who have employed it over the years. The modern writers who firs
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824826994
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In the West, classical art - inextricably linked to concerns of a ruling or dominant class - commonly refers to art with traditional themes and styles that resurrect a past golden era. Although art of the early Edo period (1600-1868) encompasses a spectrum of themes and styles, references to the past are so common that many Japanese art historians have variously described this period as a classical revival, era of classicism, or a renaissance. How did seventeenth-century artists and patrons imagine the past? Why did they so often select styles and themes from the court culture of the Heian period (794-1185)? Were references to the past something new, or were artists and patrons in previous periods equally interested in manners that came to be seen as classical? How did classical manners relate to other styles and themes found in Edo art? In considering such questions, the contributors to this volume hold that classicism has been an amorphous, changing concept in Japan - just as in the West. Troublesome in its ambiguity and implications, it cannot be separated from the political and ideological interests of those who have employed it over the years. The modern writers who firs
Around Chigusa
Author: Dora C. Y. Ching
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691177554
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
An in-depth look at the dynamic cultural world of tea in Japan during its formative period Around Chigusa investigates the cultural and artistic milieu in which a humble jar of Chinese origin dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century became Chigusa, a revered, named object in the practice of formalized tea presentation (chanoyu) in sixteenth-century Japan. This tea-leaf storage jar lies at the nexus of interlocking personal networks, cultural values, and aesthetic idioms in the practice and appreciation of tea, poetry, painting, calligraphy, and Noh theater during this formative period of tea culture. The book’s essays set tea in dialogue with other cultural practices, revealing larger cultural paradigms that informed the production, circulation, and reception of the artifacts used and displayed in tea. Key themes include the centrality of tea to the social life of and interaction among warriors, merchants, and the courtly elite; the multifaceted relationship between things wa (Japanese) and kan (Chinese) and between tea and poetry; the rise of new formats for display of the visual and calligraphic arts; and collecting and display as an expression of political power.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691177554
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
An in-depth look at the dynamic cultural world of tea in Japan during its formative period Around Chigusa investigates the cultural and artistic milieu in which a humble jar of Chinese origin dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century became Chigusa, a revered, named object in the practice of formalized tea presentation (chanoyu) in sixteenth-century Japan. This tea-leaf storage jar lies at the nexus of interlocking personal networks, cultural values, and aesthetic idioms in the practice and appreciation of tea, poetry, painting, calligraphy, and Noh theater during this formative period of tea culture. The book’s essays set tea in dialogue with other cultural practices, revealing larger cultural paradigms that informed the production, circulation, and reception of the artifacts used and displayed in tea. Key themes include the centrality of tea to the social life of and interaction among warriors, merchants, and the courtly elite; the multifaceted relationship between things wa (Japanese) and kan (Chinese) and between tea and poetry; the rise of new formats for display of the visual and calligraphic arts; and collecting and display as an expression of political power.
The Art and Architecture of Japan
Author: Robert Treat Paine
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.
Art and Palace Politics in Early Modern Japan, 1580s-1680s
Author: Elizabeth Lillehoj
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004206124
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Magnificent art and architecture created for the emperor with the financial support of powerful warlords at the beginning of Japan’s early modern era (1580s-1680s) testify to the continued cultural and ideological significance of the imperial family. Works created in this context are discussed in this groundbreaking study, with over 100 illustrations in color.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004206124
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Magnificent art and architecture created for the emperor with the financial support of powerful warlords at the beginning of Japan’s early modern era (1580s-1680s) testify to the continued cultural and ideological significance of the imperial family. Works created in this context are discussed in this groundbreaking study, with over 100 illustrations in color.
Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets
Author: Brenda G. Jordan
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824826086
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Examines the transmission of painting traditions in Japan.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824826086
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Examines the transmission of painting traditions in Japan.