The Arts of Japan: Ancient and medieval
Author | : Seiroku Noma |
Publisher | : Kodansha International |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9784770029775 |
Arts Of Japan is a Kodansha International publication.
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Author | : Seiroku Noma |
Publisher | : Kodansha International |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9784770029775 |
Arts Of Japan is a Kodansha International publication.
Author | : Stephanie Wada |
Publisher | : Abbeville Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Art, Japanese |
ISBN | : 9780789210357 |
Early years - Introduction of Buddhism - The zenith of court culture - The court and the Shogunante - Aesthetics of warrior rule - The gilded road to unification - Tokagawa control and the rise of the bourgeoisie - Eyes to the West: the Meiji restoration.
Author | : Nobuo Tsuji |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 632 |
Release | : 2019-08-27 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780231193412 |
In this book the leading authority on Japanese art history sheds light on how Japan has nurtured distinctive aesthetics, prominent artists, and movements that have achieved global influence and popularity. The History of Art in Japan discusses works ranging from earthenware figurines in 13,000 BCE to manga, anime, and modern subcultures.
Author | : Richard B. Pilgrim |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780231113472 |
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then provides a historical overview of thye events in question, beginning with the decision and program to build the atomic bomb. Detailing the sequence of events leading to Japan's surrender, he revisits the decisive battles of the Pacific War and the motivations of American and Japanese leaders. Finally, Kort examines ten key issues in the discussion of Hiroshima and guides readers to relevant primary source documents, scholarly books, and articles.
Author | : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
The MFA's holdings of Japanese art make up the finest and most comprehensive collection outside of Japan. This stunning overview features many of the collection's best-known and most beloved works, including such rare paintings as the eighth-century Buddhist panel "Shaka, the Historical Buddha, Preaching on Vulture Peak" and the thirteenth-century narrative hand-scroll "Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace" (the most exciting section of the celebrated Heiji monogatari scrolls), along with fine examples from the Museum's unsurpassed grouping of woodblock prints, magnificent sculptures such as a gilt-wooden statue of the bodhisattva Miroku by the twelfth-century master Kaikei, plus a representative selection of postcards, textiles, ceramics, lacquer wares, sword-fittings and other decorative arts. In all, more than 160 highlights from the museum's staggering collection are illustrated and discussed, divided into four themes--Art of the Temple, The Town, The Ruling Classes and Japanese Art in the World. Ranging from the seventh century to the present day, this engaging volume introduces readers to the complex variety and renowned brilliance of Japanese arts.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Weatherhill, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Met glossary, bibliografie en index.
Author | : Robert T. Singer |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780300077964 |
Shows and describes Edo-period art, including screens, armor, woodblock prints, pottery, and kimonos
Author | : Hugo Munsterberg |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 461 |
Release | : 2012-10-10 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1462908853 |
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 | : Rupert Cox |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1136855580 |
The tea ceremony and the martial arts are intimately linked in the popular and historical imagination with Zen Buddhism, and Japanese culture. They are commonly interpreted as religio-aesthetic pursuits which express core spiritual values through bodily gesture and the creation of highly valued objects. Ideally, the experience of practising the Zen arts culminates in enlightenment. This book challenges that long-held view and proposes that the Zen arts should be understood as part of a literary and visual history of representing Japanese culture through the arts. Cox argues that these texts and images emerged fully as systems for representing the arts during the modern period, produced within Japan as a form of cultural nationalism and outside Japan as part of an orientalist discourse. Practitioners' experiences are in fact rarely referred to in terms of Zen or art, but instead are spatially and socially grounded. Combining anthropological description with historical criticism, Cox shows that the Zen arts are best understood in terms of a dynamic relationship between an aesthetic discourse on art and culture and the social and embodied experiences of those who participate in them.
Author | : Barbara Thornbury |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2013-04-15 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0472029282 |
America’s Japan and Japan’s Performing Arts studies the images and myths that have shaped the reception of Japan-related theater, music, and dance in the United States since the 1950s. Soon after World War II, visits by Japanese performing artists to the United States emerged as a significant category of American cultural-exchange initiatives aimed at helping establish and build friendly ties with Japan. Barbara E. Thornbury explores how “Japan” and “Japanese culture” have been constructed, reconstructed, and transformed in response to the hundreds of productions that have taken place over the past sixty years in New York, the main entry point and defining cultural nexus in the United States for the global touring market in the performing arts. The author’s transdisciplinary approach makes the book appealing to those in the performing arts studies, Japanese studies, and cultural studies.