Picturing The Floating World
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Picturing The Floating World
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Author : Julie Nelson Davis
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2021-08-31
Picturing The Floating World written by Julie Nelson Davis and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with Art categories.
Today we think of ukiyo-e—“the pictures of the floating world”—as masterpieces of Japanese art, highly prized throughout the world. Yet it is often said that ukiyo-e were little appreciated in their own time and were even used as packing material for ceramics. In Picturing the Floating World, Julie Nelson Davis debunks this myth and demonstrates that ukiyo-e was thoroughly appreciated as a field of artistic production, worthy of connoisseurship and canonization by its contemporaries. Putting these images back into their dynamic context, she shows how consumers, critics, and makers produced and sold, appraised and collected, and described and recorded ukiyo-e. She recovers this multilayered world of pictures in which some were made for a commercial market, backed by savvy entrepreneurs looking for new ways to make a profit, while others were produced for private coteries and high-ranking connoisseurs seeking to enrich their cultural capital. The book opens with an analysis of period documents to establish the terms of appraisal brought to ukiyo-e in late eighteenth-century Japan, mapping the evolution of the genre from a century earlier and the development of its typologies and the creation of a canon of makers—both of which have defined the field ever since. Organized around divisions of major technological and aesthetic developments, the book reveals how artistic practice and commercial enterprise were intertwined throughout ukiyo-e’s history, from its earliest imagery through the twentieth century. The depiction of particular subjects in and for the floating world of urban Edo and the process of negotiating this within the larger field of publishing are examined to further ground ukiyo-e as material culture, as commodities in a mercantile economy. Picturing the Floating World offers a new approach: a critical yet accessible analysis of the genre as it was developed in its social, cultural, and political milieu. The book introduces students, collectors, and enthusiasts to ukiyo-e as a genre under construction in its own time while contributing to our understanding of early modern visual production.
Pictures Of The Floating World
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Author : Amy Lowell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
Pictures Of The Floating World written by Amy Lowell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Poetry categories.
Pict Of The Floating World
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Author : Amy 1874-1925 Lowell
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-28
Pict Of The Floating World written by Amy 1874-1925 Lowell and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-28 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Pictures Of The Floating World Classic Reprint
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Author : Amy Lowell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-19
Pictures Of The Floating World Classic Reprint written by Amy Lowell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-19 with Poetry categories.
Excerpt from Pictures of the Floating World The march of peoples is always toward the West, wherefore, the earth being round, in time the West must be East again. A startling paradox, but one which accounts for the great interest and inspiration that both poets and painters are discovering in Oriental art. The first part of this book represents some of the charm I have found in delving into Chinese and Japanese poetry. It should be understood, however, that these poems, written in a quasi-Oriental idiom, are not translations except in a very few instances all of which have been duly acknowledged in the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Ukiyo E
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Author : Dr. Mark McGregor
language : en
Publisher: Vyiha Publishing
Release Date : 2016-04-23
Ukiyo E written by Dr. Mark McGregor and has been published by Vyiha Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-23 with Art categories.
Japanese woodblock prints "ukiyo-e", are one of the most popular Japanese art form. Covering topics such as the philosophy and the techniques at the basis of ukiyo-e, this book provides a detailed survey of the famous artists, along with over 100 pictures. Further than being an expert in Eastern Asia arts, Dr. Mark McGregor has been an avid collector of Ukiyo-e for more than 50 years, learning the methods and materials employed in Japanese printmaking. Mariko Ishida curated the work as a knowledgeable gallery owner specialized in Ukiyo-e. She provides advices to amateurs on how to collect, care for, view and, eventually, buy Japanese ukiyo-e prints.
Pictures Of The Floating World
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Author : Shukla Sawant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
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Pictures Of The Floating World
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Author : Sarah E. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2022-11-22
Pictures Of The Floating World written by Sarah E. Thompson and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-22 with Art categories.
A new staple volume on Japanese art, in an eminently giftable format In Edo Japan, woodblock prints known as ukiyo-e (“pictures of the Floating World”) captured the entertainment culture of the urban elite and eventually many other subjects as well. These beautiful prints were the result of a meticulous craft process, in which an artist’s initial drawing was translated by expert carvers into multiple printing blocks for different colors. In this attractive volume, Sarah E. Thompson, curator of Japanese art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, provides a highly readable overview of the cultural and artistic history of ukiyo-e, showcasing 120 exceptional prints from the museum’s world-class collection, by masters including Utamaro, Hokusai, and Hiroshige. She explores each of the principal genres in turn: beauty and fashion, the kabuki theater, landscape, nature, history and literature, and fantasy. Pictures of the Floating World features a traditional Japanese stab binding and is housed in a durable slipcase together with three remarkable prints, suitable for framing. It will be a must-have for all art lovers.
Pict Of The Floating World
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Author : Amy 1874-1925 Lowell
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-29
Pict Of The Floating World written by Amy 1874-1925 Lowell and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-29 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Floating World
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Author : Peter McQuarrie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
A Floating World written by Peter McQuarrie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Tuvalu categories.
The islands of Tuvalu are under threat of being made completely uninhabitable due to the effects of climate change. In A FLOATING WORLD, the author presents photographs from his collection which shows something of the character of the atolls and the fragile nature of their existence. It could be that Tuvalu will soon disappear beneath the ocean but at least pictures will remain to help serve the record of what it once was.
Partners In Print
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Author : Julie Nelson Davis
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2014-12-31
Partners In Print written by Julie Nelson Davis and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-31 with Art categories.
This compelling account of collaboration in the genre of ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) offers a new approach to understanding the production and reception of print culture in early modern Japan. It provides a corrective to the perception that the ukiyo-e tradition was the product of the creative talents of individual artists, revealing instead the many identities that made and disseminated printed work. Julie Nelson Davis demonstrates by way of examples from the later eighteenth century that this popular genre was the result of an exchange among publishers, designers, writers, carvers, printers, patrons, buyers, and readers. By recasting these works as examples of a network of commercial and artistic cooperation, she offers a nuanced view of the complexity of this tradition and expands our understanding of the dynamic processes of production, reception, and intention in floating world print culture. Four case studies give evidence of what constituted modes of collaboration among artistic producers in the period. In each case Davis explores a different configuration of collaboration: that between a teacher and a student, two painters and their publishers, a designer and a publisher, and a writer and an illustrator. Each investigates a mode of partnership through a single work: a specially commissioned print, a lavishly illustrated album, a printed handscroll, and an inexpensive illustrated novel. These case studies explore the diversity of printed things in the period ranging from expensive works made for a select circle of connoisseurs to those meant to be sold at a modest price to a large audience. They take up familiar subjects from the floating world—connoisseurship, beauty, sex, and humor—and explore multiple dimensions of inquiry vital to that dynamic culture: the status of art, the evaluation of beauty, the representation of sexuality, and the tension between mind and body. Where earlier studies of woodblock prints have tended to focus on the individual artist, Partners in Print takes the subject a major step forward to a richer picture of the creative process. Placing these works in their period context not only reveals an aesthetic network responsive to and shaped by the desires of consumers in a specific place and time, but also contributes to a larger discussion about the role of art and the place of the material text in the early modern world.