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Obtaining images : art, production and display in Edo Japan

Screech, Timon, author

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\"The Edo period (1603-1868) witnessed one of the great flowerings of Japanese art. Towards the mid-seventeenth century, the Japanese states were largely at peace, and rapid urbanization, a rise in literacy and an increase in international contact ensued. The number of those able to purchase luxury goods, or who felt their social position necessitated owning them, soared. Painters and artists gbsourished and the late seventeenth century also saw a rise in the importance of printmaking. There were dominant styles and trends throughout Japan, but also those peculiar to specifc regions, such as the Kanto (Edo) and the Kamigata (Osaka and Kyoto) and, more remotely, Nagasaki. Obtaining Images introduces the reader to important artists and their work, but also to the intellectual issues and concepts surrounding the production, consumption and display of art in Japan in the Edo period. Rather than looking at these through the lens of European art, the book contextualizes the making and use of paintingsand prints, elucidating how and why works were commissioned, where they were displayed and what special properties were attributed to them. Different imperatives are at work in the art of di

• الناشر: Reaktion Books
• موضوع: Painting, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868. / Art appreciation Japan History.
• ISBN: 1780237448, 9781780237442

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اتصل بالرقم	نسخ	مواد	موقع
ND1053.5.S37 2017	1	BOOK	ARTS