Ukiyo-e Explained is the first integrated study to show how ukiyo-e is art but also social history, culture and craft. This study illuminates new pathways to a greater appreciation of ukiyo-e by addressing the environments and conditions under which the artists worked, together with the factors that determined or conditioned the peculiar stylistic character of ukiyo-e.
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Presents a study on the subject of ukiyo-e. This title shows how ukiyo-e is not only art but also social history, culture and craft. It addresses the environments and conditions under which the artists worked, together with the factors that determined or conditioned the peculiar stylistic character of ukiyo-e.
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Acknowledgements; Prologue; Introduction; Chapter 1 Historical Perspectives; Chapter 2 Aesthetic Concepts; Chapter 3 Learning Ukiyo-e; Chapter 4 Pictorial Function and Pictorial Character; Chapter 5 The Pictorial Means of Ukiyo-e; Chapter 6 Ukiyo-e and the Material Conditions of Medium; Chapter 7 Ukiyo-e and Temperamental Disposition; Appendices: I: Historical Periods and Eras in Japanese History; II: Pictorial Formats for Woodblock Prints; III: List of Principal Ukiyo-e Artists Referred to in the Text; Bibliography; Glossary; Index
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ISBN
9781901903416
Publisert
2004-09-23
Utgiver
Vendor
Global Oriental Ltd
Vekt
800 gr
Høyde
225 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, G, 05, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
322

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David Bell is director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Otago’s Department of Education, New Zealand. He gained his PhD from the University of Otago for his research into ukiyo-e, which was subsequently published as Ukiyo-e Explained by Global Oriental (2004). His previous publications have focused on the history and theory of print-making, and include Alexander Hare McLintock: Printmaker (1994) and Chushingura and the Floating World (2001). He is currently engaged in research relating to aspects of sensibility in the Edo period.