Worlds seen and imagined - Taizo Kuroda, Melinda Takeuchi, YuzoYamane

Japanese screens from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts

KORTE INHOUD

Japanese screens of the Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Tokyo.
Beautiful full-color illustrations.
All of the artworks are in the collection of The Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, one of the finest private museums in the world, and were selected for an exhibition organized by The Asia Society Galleries, New York. Rare and of consistently high quality, these screens provide an unprecedented opportunity to study new aspects of Japanese painting.
The works have been chosen to illuminate the development of Japanese screen painting, beginning with rare 15th century examples.
Three essays provide new information and insights, and entries on the individual works of art supply the background necesseray for understanding them.
A number of the screens in this book represent types of Japanese painting not found in American collections and little known in the West, and most have not been previously published in a Western-language book.
This volume is an important addition to the library of collectors, students, scholars, and admire...
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1995Uitgever: Abbeville166 paginasTaal: Engels