Illusory Dwellings - Aesthetic Meditations in Kyoto

Essays on the nature, creation, and presentation of art, craft, and
architecture in Japan, springing from the author’s experiences in Kyoto.

List of contents

Preface 00
1 Equivocal Thresholds | the Tea Room 00
2. Other Modernities | the Museum 00
3 Perfect Offerings | the Restaurant 00
4 Untimely Moons | the Garden 00
5 Tanizaki’s Tomb | the Cemetery 00
Endnotes 00
Recommended Readings 00

About the author

Allen S. Weiss is the author and editor of over forty books in the fields of performance theory, landscape architecture, gastronomy, sound art, experimental theater, and ceramics. He has written extensively on Japanese culture, including Zen Landscapes: Perspectives on Japanese Gardens and Ceramics (Reaktion Books) and The Grain of the Clay: Reflections on Ceramics and the Art of Collecting (Reaktion Books), as well as Le goût de Kyoto (Mercure de France) and Guide anachronique de Kyoto (Éditions Arléa). He has been the recipient of Fulbright, Japan Society, and Étant donné grants, and is Distinguished Teacher in the departments of Performance Studies and Cinema Studies in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Summary

Essays on the nature, creation, and presentation of art, craft, and architecture in Japan, springing from the author’s experiences in Kyoto.

Product details

• Authors: Allen S. Weiss
• Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2024
• EAN: 9781611720839
• ISBN: 978-1-61172-083-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Theory of art, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Pottery & Ceramics, ART / Criticism & Theory, COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / Japanese, Modernism, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks