The Prints of Isoda Koryūsai

The Prints of Isoda Koryūsai PDF Author: Allen Hockley
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295983011
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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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.