Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

ISBN-13: 9783836556590 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 584 str.

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City lights and cherry trees: The woodblock prints of Tokyo that captured Europe's imagination Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world's visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) beautiful women, actors and wrestlers, city life, and spectacular landscapes. Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" (1856-1858), which depicted various scenes of the city through the seasons, from bustling shopping streets to splendid cherry orchards. This reprint is made from one of the finest complete original sets of woodblock prints belonging to the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo. It pairs each of the 120 illustrations with a description, allowing readers to immerse themselves in these beautiful, vibrant vistas that became paradigms of Japonisme and inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists alike, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler. Text in English, French, and German

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"Dieser Band wirkt durch seine Kombination von Schönheit und Informationsgehalt dem Klischee des Coffee-Table-Buchs entgegen." ART news Magazine

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Lorenz Bichler ist promovierter Sinologe mit Studium der Sinologie, Japanologie und Modernen Geschichte in Zürich, Peking und Tokio. Er lehrte u.a. an der New York University und unterrichtet derzeit am Sinologischen Institut der Universität Heidelberg.

Melanie Trede, seit 2004 Professorin für Kunstgeschichte Japans an der Universität Heidelberg, hat an der New York University gelehrt und war Gastprofessorin an der Columbia und der Michigan University. Sie hatte Fellowships am Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, der Gakushûin University, Tokio, und dem Marsilius-Kolleg in Heidelberg inne.