Ukiyo-e
Author:   Gian Carlo Calza ,  Junko Muto ,  Timon Screech ,  Mondadori Electa SpA
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780714847948


Pages:   512
Publication Date:   02 June 2007
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Gian Carlo Calza ,  Junko Muto ,  Timon Screech ,  Mondadori Electa SpA
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 25.00cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 29.00cm
Weight:   2.500kg
ISBN:  

9780714847948


ISBN 10:   0714847941
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   02 June 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Note to the Reader o Chronology o Essay Section: 'Visions of the Floating World' by Gian Carlo Calza, 'Theatrical Prints' by Junko Muto, 'Beauty and the Actor' by Kobayashi Tadashi, 'Poetic Images: Literary Dimensions of Early Ukiyo-e' by John Carpenter, 'Shunga: Erotic Art in the Edo Period' by Timon Screech, 'Birth and Development' by Naito Masato, 'Three Types of Ukiyo-e Printing' by Asano Shugo o Plate section: Introduction to the Floating World, I. Scenes of Passion: The Kabuki Theatre, II. Past and Present: The Tradition, III. The Relationship with Nature, IV. Landscapes, V. Town Life, VI. Beautiful Women in the Floating World o List of Works o Glossary o Artist Biographies o Bibliography o Index.

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'There are stunningly beautiful pictures of actors and courtesans, prostitutes, landscapes and flowers... Degas borrowed from them, Van Gogh copied them, and almost every important European artist was influenced by them.' (The Sunday Times)


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Gian Carlo Calza is Professor of East Asian Art History at the University of Venice, and Director of the International Hokusai Research Centre in Milan. He has published many books, exhibition catalogues and articles on Hokusai, and is currently preparing a catalogue raisonne of Hokusai's paintings. He was awarded the 2004 Uchiyama Prize by the International Ukiyo-e Society of Tokyo for his contribution to the study of Japanese Ukiyo-e ('Floating World') culture.

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