Traditional Japanese Arts And Culture

Author : Stephen Addiss,Gerald Groemer,J. Thomas Rimer
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 082482878X

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Traditional Japanese Arts And Culture by Stephen Addiss,Gerald Groemer,J. Thomas Rimer Pdf

Compiled in this volume is original material on Japanese arts and culture from the prehistoric era to the Meiji Restoration (1867). These sources, including many translated here for the first time, are placed in their historical context and outfitted with brief commentaries, allowing the reader to make connections to larger concepts and values found in Japanese culture. This book contains material on the visual and literary arts, as well as primary texts on topics not easily classified in Western categories, such as the martial and culinary arts, the art of tea, and flower arranging. More than sixty color and black-and-white illustrations enrich the collection and provide further insights into Japanese artistic and cultural values. Also included are a bibliography of English-language and Japanese sources and an extensive list of suggested further readings.

Author : Kamini Khanduri
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1410921077

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Japanese Art & Culture by Kamini Khanduri Pdf

Introduces the art and culture of Japan. Includes a glossary and colorful photographs.

Author : David Young,Michiko Young
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781462906574

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The Art of Japanese Architecture by David Young,Michiko Young Pdf

The Art of Japanese Architecture presents a complete overview of Japanese architecture in its historical and cultural context. The book begins with a discussion of early prehistoric dwellings and concludes with a description of works by important modern Japanese architects. Along the way it discusses the iconic buildings and architectural styles for which Japan is so justly famous--from elegant Shinden and Sukiya aristocratic villas like the Kinkakuji "Golden Pavilion" in Kyoto, to imposing Samurai castles like Himeji and Matsumoto, and tranquil Zen Buddhist gardens and tea houses to rural Minka thatched-roof farmhouses and Shinto shrines. Each period in the development of Japan's architecture is described in detail and the most important structures are shown and discussed--including dozens of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The aesthetic trends in each period are presented within the context of Japanese society at the time, providing a unique in-depth understanding of the way Japanese architectural styles and buildings have developed over time and the great variety that is visible today. The book is profusely illustrated with hundreds of hand-drawn 3D watercolor illustrations and color photos as well as prints, maps and diagrams. The new edition features dozens of new photographs and a handy hardcover format that is perfect for travelers.

Author : Stephen Addiss,Gerald Groemer,J. Thomas Rimer
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 0824820185

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Traditional Japanese Arts and Culture by Stephen Addiss,Gerald Groemer,J. Thomas Rimer Pdf

"This admirable and necessary volume allows the original writers to speak to us directly. Though all this is carefully documented, we are at the same time spared any layers of scholarly interpretation. Rather, the richness of the original reaches us complete." —Donald Richie, Japan Times, May 14, 2006 Japanese artists, musicians, actors, and authors have written much over the centuries about the creation, meaning, and appreciation of various arts. Most of these works, however, are scattered among countless hard-to-find sources or make only a fleeting appearance in books devoted to other subjects. Compiled in this volume is a wealth of original material on Japanese arts and culture from the prehistoric era to the Meiji Restoration (1867). These carefully selected sources, including many translated here for the first time, are placed in their historical context and outfitted with brief commentaries, allowing the reader to make connections to larger concepts and values found in Japanese culture. The book is a treasure trove of material on the visual and literary arts, but it contains as well primary texts on topics not easily classified in Western categories, such as the martial and culinary arts, the art of tea, and flower arranging. More than 60 color and black and white illustrations enrich the collection and provide further insights into Japanese artistic and cultural values.

Author : Hugo Munsterberg
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781462908851

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Arts of Japan by Hugo Munsterberg Pdf

Arts of Japan is a classic and informative text that explores the rich cultural heritage and history of Japanese Art. This art history text examines the various influences that have shaped the course of Japanese art history in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, and handicrafts. Discussed with challenging insight are the impact of the various Indian and Chinese schools, the pervasive influence of Zen philosophy, and the many other artistic developments, giving the reader a well-rounded picture of the great significance and contribution of Japanese art. Special features of the book are sections on handicrafts and a chapter on prehistoric art. The book comes at a time when there is an awakened interest in Asian art throughout the world. In the past, due to linguistic barriers, political upheavals, and the limited number of specialists, misconceptions have been especially numerous in the field of Japanese art. The Arts of Japan admirably corrects these misinterpretations, consolidates the results of the most recent scholarship, and in one compact volume presents an up-to-date, authoritative survey of Japanese and throughout its long history and in all its colorful diversity.

Author : Michael Dunn
Publisher : 5 Continents Editions
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015058764385

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Inspired Design by Michael Dunn Pdf

This title covers a huge range of Japanese traditional crafts - both historic and contemporary. It includes a comprehensive introductory essay and a glossary of Japanese terms.

Author : Haruo Shirane
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231152815

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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons by Haruo Shirane Pdf

"Elegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and media. In Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons, Haruo Shirane shows how, when, and why this practice developed and explicates the richly encoded social, religious, and political meanings of this imagery. Shirane discusses textual, cultivated, material, performative, and gastronomic representations of nature. He reveals how this kind of 'secondary nature, ' which flourished in Japan's urban environment, fostered and idealized a sense of harmony with the natural world just at the moment when it began to recede from view. Illuminating the deeper meaning behind Japanese aesthetics and artifacts, Shirane also clarifies the use of natural and seasonal topics as well as the changes in their cultural associations and functions across history, genre, and community over more than a millennium. In this book, the four seasons are revealed to be as much a cultural construction as a reflection of the physical world."--Back cover.

Author : Noriko Aso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015049628665

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New Illusions by Noriko Aso Pdf

Author : Hannah Sigur
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781586857493

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The Influence of Japanese Art on Design by Hannah Sigur Pdf

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.

Author : Victor Hauge,Takako Hauge
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Art, Japanese
ISBN : UCSD:31822010975605

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Folk Traditions in Japanese Art by Victor Hauge,Takako Hauge Pdf

Author : Yumi Yamaguchi
Publisher : Kodansha International
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 4770030312

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Warriors of Art by Yumi Yamaguchi Pdf

Recently the West has been inundated by a steady flow of images from manga, anime, and the video games that are a key part of todays Japanese visual culture. At the same time, Japanese contemporary artists are gaining a higher profile overseas: many Westerners are already familiar with Takashi Murakamis brightly colored, cartoonlike characters, or with Junko Mizunos grotes-cute Lolita-style girls. Perhaps less familiar are the absurd fighting machines of Kenji Yanobe, the many disguises of Tomoko Sawada, or the grotesque fairytale landscapes of Tomoko Konoike. Warriors of Art features the work of forty of the latest and most relevant contemporary Japanese artists, from painters and sculptors, to photographers and performance artists, with lavish full-color spreads of their key works. Author Yumi Yamaguchi offers an insightful introduction to the main themes of each artist, and builds up a fascinating portrait of the society that has given birth to them: a Japan that still bears the scars of atomic destruction, a Japan with a penchant for the cute and the childish, a Japan whose manga and anime industries have come to dominate the world. Warriors of Art takes its title from a phrase used to describe Taro Okamoto (1911-1996), perhaps the first truly influential contemporary artist to emerge in postwar Japan, who fought to bring modern art to a wider audience. Following in Okamotos footsteps, the forty artists featured in this book are a new generation of warriors, attacking our senses with a shocking mix of the cute, the grotesque, the sexy, and the violent, forcing us to sit up and take notice of their vision of Japan.

Author : Saburō Ienaga
Publisher : New York : Weatherhill
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Japan
ISBN : UOM:39015014061967

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Japanese Art by Saburō Ienaga Pdf

Author : Asian Cultural Centre for Unesco
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Arts, Japanese
ISBN : UCAL:B4929701

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Report on Traditional Forms of Culture in Japan by Asian Cultural Centre for Unesco Pdf

Author : 家永三郎
Publisher : Weatherhill, Incorporated
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Art
ISBN : UIUC:30112099263698

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Japanese Art by 家永三郎 Pdf

Author : Kendall H. Brown,Tim Benton,Takanami Machiko
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 0883971577

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Deco Japan by Kendall H. Brown,Tim Benton,Takanami Machiko Pdf

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Japan Society Gallery, New York, N.Y., Mar. 16-June 17, 2012, the John and Mable Ringing Museum, Sarasota, Fla., July 14- Sept. 30, 2012, and the Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 9-Jan. 19, 2014.