The Japanese sense of beauty - Hardcover

Takashina Shuji

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 4866580208 ISBN 13: 9784866580203

Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2018

Synopsis

What makes Japanese art unique? In The Japanese Sense of Beauty, art critic and historian Takashina Shūji reflects on the aesthetic and philosophical sensibilities underly­ing Japanese art throughout its history, from the earliest calligraphy and painted screens to modern masters like Hishida Shunso and Yokoyama Taikan. Along the way, Takashina explores themes such as the relationship between subjective perspective and “flat” composition and the playful intermingling of word and image throughout the plastic arts of Japan. He also offers fresh critical perspectives on many individual artists, in­cluding Takeuchi Seihō, one of the first to fuse traditional techniques with Western realism, and Takahashi Yuichi, who combined a vivid mastery of texture with deceptively traditionalist compositions. Other essays in this wide-rang­ing collection touch on everything from the symbolism of Mount Fuji to the ancient music known as gagaku, show­ing how even the most disparate topics can shed new light on what is essential to Japanese culture. The Japanese Sense of Beauty is an important contri­bution to the study of aesthetics and cultural history, of­fering insights that will change the way you think about Japanese art.

Edition details

• Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 4866580208
• ISBN 13: 9784866580203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 253