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Japan Style, written by one of the world's most respected scholars of Japanese art and culture, is an authoritative and wide-ranging visual essay on the aesthetics of Japan.It serves as a unique handbook that aids an understanding of Japanese culture through its architecture, arts, crafts, cinema, and literature. It gives an insight into the essence of Japanese culture, identifying its specific qualities and characteristics from ukiyo-e to Tadao Ando. The author draws connections between art, religion, history, philosophy, and mythology, using the links to frame specific examples of Japanese cultural memes. The book features over 150 illustrations ranging from the traditional to thecontemporary. Japan Style is a perfect introduction to Japanese style and culture.
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Japan Style, Gian Carlo Calza, Alexa Kempton, Imogen Forster
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2007
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- Titel
- Japan Style
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Gian Carlo Calza, Alexa Kempton, Imogen Forster
- Verlag
- Phaidon Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2007
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0714846244
- ISBN13
- 9780714846248
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Kunst & Kultur, Kunst, Design, Kunstgeschichte & -theorie, Japan, Kunstgeschichte
- Bewertung
- 4,15 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Japan Style, written by one of the world's most respected scholars of Japanese art and culture, is an authoritative and wide-ranging visual essay on the aesthetics of Japan.It serves as a unique handbook that aids an understanding of Japanese culture through its architecture, arts, crafts, cinema, and literature. It gives an insight into the essence of Japanese culture, identifying its specific qualities and characteristics from ukiyo-e to Tadao Ando. The author draws connections between art, religion, history, philosophy, and mythology, using the links to frame specific examples of Japanese cultural memes. The book features over 150 illustrations ranging from the traditional to thecontemporary. Japan Style is a perfect introduction to Japanese style and culture.