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Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art Since 1858

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Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art Since 1858

"An important phase in the history of decorative arts is here given authoritative treatment."â€”Interior Design

The impact of Japan on Western art was as immediate and almost as cataclysmic as the influence of the West on Japanese life. After Commodore Perry opened Japan's door to the outside world in1858â€”ending a 200-year period of total isolationâ€”a wealth of visual information from the superb Japanese traditions of ceramics, metalwork, architecture, printmaking, and painting reached the West and brought with it electrifying new ideas of composition, color, and design.

One has only to see a celebrated painting by Monet, Degas, Whistler, or van Gogh, a print by Toulouse-Lautrec, an Art Nouveau glass vase, or a lacquered hair comb side by side with its Japanese source to see how these ideas have inspired European artists. Nor is the influence a superficial one: Japanese conventions of symbolism underlie the use of decorative motifs in European Symbolism and Art Nouveau, and the Zen idea of spontaneity is the ultimate source of both the apparently capricious shapes of Art Nouveau objects and the development of an abstract "calligraphy" in Abstract Expressionism.

Siegfried Wichmann, the acknowledged expert on Japonisme, accompanies the breathtaking illustrations with a text that organizes a wealth of detail and opens up new lines of inquiry. 1,105 illustrations, 243 in color.

Country	USA
Author	Siegfried Wichmann
Binding	Paperback
Color	Other
EAN	9780500281635
Edition	New Ed
ISBN	0500281637
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer	Thames & Hudson
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	432
PublicationDate	1999-11-19
Publisher	Thames & Hudson
Studio	Thames & Hudson
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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