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Japonisme : the Japanese influence on Western art since 1858 / Siegfried Wichmann ; [translated from the German by Mary Whittall [and others]. .

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 1999Description: 432 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0500281637
  • 9780500281635
Uniform titles:
  • Japonismus. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.034 21
LOC classification:
  • N6757 .W513 1999
Contents:
Introduction -- Japan and Western art -- Historical survey -- The study of Japonisme -- A case-study : the kimono -- Representative artists -- Manet -- Degas -- Van Gogh -- Gauguin and the white-line technique -- Line and dot in Van Gogh's drawings -- Gesture and grimace in Lautrec -- Vallotton's woodcuts and the Orient -- Birds, beasts and flowers -- Living creatures in art -- Trees -- Bamboo -- The art nouveau iris -- Gourds and autumn leaves -- Butterfly and peony -- The tiger -- The cat -- Waterfowl -- Birds of prey -- Cranes and herons -- Cock and hen -- The raven -- The wild carp -- Insects -- Objects from Eastern life -- The wave -- The bridge -- Rocks in the sea -- The folding screen -- The fan -- Pillar pictures and vertical formats -- The sword guard -- Decorative combs and hairpins -- The dyer's stencil -- Artistic devices -- Ornamental patterns -- Diagonal composition -- Composite formats -- Trellis and grille -- Truncated objects and oblique angles -- Posts as a spatial dividers -- The silhouette -- Symbols, themes and abstractions -- The spirit world -- Stylization and abstraction -- Signs and emblems -- Ceramics and glass -- Semi-precious stones and glassware -- Vessels on stands -- The bottle-gourd form -- The black-and-white effect -- The dragon motif -- Chinese ceramic forms -- Celadon and white porcelain -- Japanese tea ware and modern pottery -- House and garden -- The influence of the Japanese house -- Gardens -- Interiors and modules -- Calligraphy -- From Zen to Tachism.
Summary: Considers the influence of Japanese culture on Western art since 1858 through an examination of side-by-side displays of Japanese and Western art, grouped by subject matter.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-419) and index.

Introduction -- Japan and Western art -- Historical survey -- The study of Japonisme -- A case-study : the kimono -- Representative artists -- Manet -- Degas -- Van Gogh -- Gauguin and the white-line technique -- Line and dot in Van Gogh's drawings -- Gesture and grimace in Lautrec -- Vallotton's woodcuts and the Orient -- Birds, beasts and flowers -- Living creatures in art -- Trees -- Bamboo -- The art nouveau iris -- Gourds and autumn leaves -- Butterfly and peony -- The tiger -- The cat -- Waterfowl -- Birds of prey -- Cranes and herons -- Cock and hen -- The raven -- The wild carp -- Insects -- Objects from Eastern life -- The wave -- The bridge -- Rocks in the sea -- The folding screen -- The fan -- Pillar pictures and vertical formats -- The sword guard -- Decorative combs and hairpins -- The dyer's stencil -- Artistic devices -- Ornamental patterns -- Diagonal composition -- Composite formats -- Trellis and grille -- Truncated objects and oblique angles -- Posts as a spatial dividers -- The silhouette -- Symbols, themes and abstractions -- The spirit world -- Stylization and abstraction -- Signs and emblems -- Ceramics and glass -- Semi-precious stones and glassware -- Vessels on stands -- The bottle-gourd form -- The black-and-white effect -- The dragon motif -- Chinese ceramic forms -- Celadon and white porcelain -- Japanese tea ware and modern pottery -- House and garden -- The influence of the Japanese house -- Gardens -- Interiors and modules -- Calligraphy -- From Zen to Tachism.

Considers the influence of Japanese culture on Western art since 1858 through an examination of side-by-side displays of Japanese and Western art, grouped by subject matter.

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