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Drawing from the collection of ellen and fred wells at the minneapolis institute of arts, it features the spectacular beauty portraits of hashiguchi goyo, ito shinsui 18981972, yamakawa shuho 18981944, and torii kotondo 1900. Michener collection, honolulu academy of arts exhibition that took place at. Art, japanese woodblock, japan, lovers, utamaro, 1788. Taschen japanese woodblock prints 16801938 book the. Taschen is always good with its reproductions and the art looks great on the page. This book is a good start in understanding this world. In the west, hiroshiges prints became exemplary of the japonisme that swept through europe and defined the western worlds visual idea of japan. If you love japanese art, this recent book release from taschen is sure to pique your interest.
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Taschen does it againa massive fifteenpound, oversize volume in a fancy box. One hundred famous views of edo by melanie trede and lorenz bichler, taschen. This book is well produced and image quality is good. From edouard manets portrait of naturalist writer emile zola sitting among his japanese art finds to van goghs meticulous copies of the hiroshige prints he devotedly collected, 19thcentury pioneers of european modernism made no secret of their love of japanese art. Japan always took my attention, their aesthetics is unique and creative. Because they could be mass produced, ukiyoe works were often used as designs for fans, greeting cards, and book illustrations. This new book chronicles over two centuries of japanese woodblock prints from 1680 to 1938.
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