History of Japanese Art - Hardcover

Mason, Penelope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131176021 ISBN 13: 9780131176027

Publisher: Discontinued 3PD, 2004

Synopsis

In 1993 the first edition of History of Japanese Art was the first such volume in thirty years to chart a detailed overview of the subject. It remains the only comprehensive survey of its kind in English. The second edition builds on Penelope Mason's massive achievement, extending the book's coverage of Japanese art beyond 1945 and introducing new discoveries in both archaeology and scholarship. The new edition also adds calligraphy, ceramics, lacquerware, metalware, and textiles in the story of Japanese art, and attempts to tie together more closely the development of all the media within a well-articulated historical and social context, so that the reader might better grasp the distinct, but complex evolution of Japanese aesthetics. The number of color illustrations has been appreciably increased in this new edition.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A comprehensive, extensively-illustrated, detailed overview of Japanese art -- from the Joman period (10,500 B.C.E. to 300 B.C.E.) through World War II.

From the Back Cover:

Japanese art, like so many expressions of Japanese culture, is fascinatingly rich in its contrasts and paradoxes. Since the country opened its doors to the outside world in the mid-nineteenth century. Japanese art and culture have enjoyed an immense popularity in the West. When in 1993 renowned scholar Penelope Mason wrote the the first edition of History of Japanese Art, it was the first such volume in thirty yearsto chart a detailed overview of the subject. It remains the only comprehensive survey of its kind in English. This second edition ties together more closely the development of all the media within a well-articulated historical and social context.

New to the Second Edition

• Extended coverage of Japanese art beyond 1945
• New discoveries both in archeology and scholarship
• New material on calligraphy, ceramics, lacquerware, metalware, and textiles
• An extended glossary
• A comprehensively updated bibliography
• 94 new illustrations

About this edition

• Publisher: Discontinued 3PD
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0131176021
• ISBN 13: 9780131176027
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 432