| Beyond «The Great Wave»: The Japanese Landscape Print, 1727-1960 Contributor(s): Burbulla, Julia (Editor), Nicolai, Bernd (Editor), Tabarasi-Hoffmann, Ana-Stanca (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3034303173 ISBN-13: 9783034303170 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $97.52 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Crafts & Hobbies | Printmaking & Stamping - History | Asia - General - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous |
| Dewey: 769.436 |
| LCCN: 2010006879 |
| Series: Natur, Wissenschaft Und die Kuenste / Nature, Science And Th |
| Physical Information: 234 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Japanese landscape print has had a tremendous influence on Western art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In Japan and in the West it is often seen as the dominant form in Ukiyo-e, pictures from the floating world. And yet for all its importance, it is a genre whose history has never been written. Beyond The Great Wave is a survey or overview for all those interested in discovering the inner dynamics of one of art history's most remarkable achievements. However, it is also a quest narrative, in which landscapes and notions of Japan as a homeland are intertwined and interconnected. Although there has never been a book-length study of the Japanese landscape print in either Japanese or English, a great deal has been written about the two giants of the genre, Hokusai and Hiroshige. From what traditions did these two nineteenth-century artists emerge? Who were their predecessors? What influence, if any, did they have on other Ukiyo-e artists? Can their influence be seen in the shin-hanga and s saku-hanga artists of the twentieth century? This book addresses these issues, but it also looks at a number of other factors, such as the growth of tourism in nineteenth-century Japan, necessary for understanding this genre. |