Heroes of the grand pacification

Informationen zum Autor Elena Varshavskaya teaches art history at the Rhode Island School of Design in the USA. SInce the mid-1990s she devoted special attention to the Taiheiki eiyu den print set, in combination with Japan's late 16th century history and the treatment in the arts of the banned historical topics under the strict censorship regulations in Japan of the 1840s. Klappentext The book introduces the print-series "Taiheiki eiy? den" or "Heroic Biographies from the 'Tale of Grand Pacification'," designed by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1897-1861). Each print is accompanied by a translation of the extensive texts incorporated into the composition and detailed historical and cultural commentaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis On Kuniyoshi's warriors again; Secret hero of townsmen: the image of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the popular culture of the Tokugawa period; Artful mimicry: the series title and topic; On the path to unification: chronology of the events represented in the series; Series parameters; The perfect warrior: pictorial formulae of martial attributes; Heroic biographies: texts in prints; Explanatory notes; Catalogue.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Elena Varshavskaya
• Verlag: External catalogues US
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 10.05.2006
• EAN: 9789074822695
• ISBN: 978-90-74822-69-5
• Abmessung: 255 mm x 305 mm x 24 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Antiquitäten; Asien, Buch- und Papierhandwerk, Kunst, allgemein, Art & Art Instruction, ART / Asian / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Printmaking