Download or read book Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature 1994 written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites that the International Astronomical Union has approved from its founding in 1919 through its triennial meeting in 1994.
Download or read book Cent Vues C l bres D Edo written by Melanie Trede and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 2015 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling reprint of Hiroshige's views of Edo (modern-day Tokyo), one of the masterpieces of the ukiyo-e woodblock tradition and a paradigm of the Japonisme that inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler.
Download or read book The Japanese Culture of Mourning Whales written by Mayumi Itoh and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-12-25 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth study of Japanese whaling culture, emphasizing how the Japanese have considered whales and whaling in relation to their understanding of nature and religion. It examines why and how the Japanese have mourned the deaths of whales, treating them as if they were human beings, and assesses the relevance of this culture to nature conservation and management of sustainable use of natural resources. It also sheds new light on Japanese whaling, one of the most controversial issues in the contemporary world, by highlighting the hitherto unknown aspects of Japanese beliefs about whales and whaling, which constitute an integral part of their core concept of how they should coexist with nature. Through cross-examining previous studies of Japanese whaling, as well as analyzing new documents and conducting field research on location, this book presents a comprehensive survey of Japanese whaling culture and memorial rites for whales and offers viable insights on how the Japanese whaling culture can be applied to solving current global issues, including nature conservation, management of sustainable use of natural resources, and protection of wildlife and its habitats.
Download or read book Hiroshige 53 Stations of the Tokaido Vertical written by Cristina Berna and published by Missys Clan. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official title for this work is "Pictures from the Famous Places of the Fifty-three Stations". Hiroshige produced these prints in 1855 more than 20 years after his first horizontal Hoeidō edition published 1833-34, which is included as thumbnails for comparison. It is instructive to see Hiroshige's use of his now mature experience as he develops the vertical format for the narrative. He does designs as he would do a photograph. He set the standard for landscape photography, without a camera. The Tōkaidō series was the most popular print series ever made in Japan. Hiroshige returned to this theme again and again, with delightful results. It is possible to travel the same road today and some villages are still looking quite like they did back then. The postal stations were constructed between 1601 and 1624.
Download or read book Impressions of Ukiyo E written by Woldemar von Seidlitz and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ukiyo-e (‘pictures of the floating world’) is a branch of Japanese art which originated during the period of prosperity in Edo (1615-1868). Characteristic of this period, the prints are the collective work of an artist, an engraver, and a printer. Created on account of their low cost thanks to the progression of the technique, they represent daily life, women, actors of kabuki theatre, or even sumo wrestlers. Landscape would also later establish itself as a favourite subject. Moronobu, the founder, Shunsho, Utamaro, Hokusai, and even Hiroshige are the most widely-celebrated artists of the movement. In 1868, Japan opened up to the West. The masterful technique, the delicacy of the works, and their graphic precision immediately seduced the West and influenced greats such as the Impressionists, Van Gogh, and Klimt. This is known as the period of ‘Japonisme’. Through a thematic analysis, Woldemar von Seidlitz and Dora Amsden implicitly underline the immense influence which this movement had on the entire artistic scene of the West. These magnificent prints represent the evolution of the feminine ideal, the place of the Gods, and the importance accorded to landscape, and are also an invaluable witness to a society now long gone.
Download or read book Let Those who Appear written by Kazuko Shiraishi and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work of the Japanese poet translated into English.
Download or read book Tokyo written by 圓佛須美子 and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 2007-02-26 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart of the old city - Sumo quarters - Haiku poet Basho - Kabuki - Fish markets - Samurai feats - Shoguns - Classic temple district - Shops and festivals - Traditional Tokyo neighbourhood.
Download or read book Chats on Japanese Prints written by Arthur Davison Ficke and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hiroshige 53 Stations of the T kaid Vertical written by Cristina Berna and published by Missys Clan. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiroshige produced these prints for the Vertica; Tokaido in 1855 more than 20 years after his first horizontal Hoeidō edition published 1833-34, which is included for comparison.
Download or read book 100 Views of Mount Fuji written by British Museum and published by Weatherhill, Incorporated. This book was released on 2001 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Fuji is renowned worldwide as Japan's highest and most perfectly shaped mountain. Serving as a potent metaphor in classical love poetry and revered since ancient times by mountain-climbing sects of both the Shinto and Buddhist faiths, Fuji has taken on many roles in pre-modern Japan. This volume explores a wide range of manifestations of the mountain in more recent visual culture, as portrayed in more than 100 works by Japanese painters and print designers from the 17th century to the present. Featured alongside traditional paintings of the Kano, Sumiyoshi, and Shijo schools are the more individualistic print designs of Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige, Munakata Shiko, Hagiwara Hideo, and others. New currents of empiricism and subjectivity have enabled artists of recent centuries to project a surprisingly wide range of personal interpretations onto what was once regarded as such an eternal, unchanging symbol.
Download or read book Momoyama Genre Painting written by Yūzō Yamane and published by Weatherhill, Incorporated. This book was released on 1973 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series, this text is concerned with Momoyana genre painting. Other titles in the series include Nara Buddhist Art and The Silk Road and the Shoso-in.
Download or read book Hokusai written by Seiji Nagata and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the life and art of Japan's famous artist export, Hokusai, written by the curator of the Ota Memorial Museum in Tokyo. The book contains a commentary on the artist's life and work, and details outlining composition and technique. Hokusai is perhaps the Asian artist best known in the West. His influence has extended from the Impressionists to later modern art and even to commercial design. A few of his works are so frequently reproduced that they are almost as familiar as the face of the Mona Lisa. Yet the Great Wave' and the 'Red Fuji' from the'
Download or read book Beyond Representation written by Wen Fong and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1992 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Representation surveys Chinese painting and calligraphy from the eighth to the fourteenth century, a period during which Chinese society and artistic expression underwent profound changes. A fourteenth-century Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368) literati landscape painting presents a world that is totally different from that portrayed in the monumental landscape images of the early Sung dynasty (960 - 1279). To chronicle and explain the evolution from formal representation to self-expression is the purpose of this book. Wen C. Fong, one of the world's most eminent scholars of Chinese art, takes the reader through this evolution, drawing on the outstanding collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Focusing on 118 works, each illustrated in full color, the book significantly augments the standard canon of images used to describe the period, enhancing our sense of the richness and complexity of artistic expression during this six-hundred-year era.
Download or read book The Last Tosa written by Sandy Kita and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei (1578-1650) is one of the most controversial figures in Japanese art history. For more than half a century, historians have argued over Matabei's role in Japanese art: Was he, as he asserted, "The Last Tosa" (the school of painters who specialized in Yamato-e, a kind of classical courtly painting) or, as others characterized him, "The Founder of Ukiyo-e," the style of painting associated with the urban commoner class. In this highly original and convincing study, Matabei emerges as both - an artist in whose work can be seen elements of both Yamato-e and Ukiyo-e. Extending its analysis beyond the individual artist, The Last Tosa examines the trends and artistic developments of a transitional period and makes heretofore unexamined connections between the world of the aristocrat and the merchant as well as the two artistic schools that reflected their tastes.
Download or read book Lonesome like written by Harold Brighouse and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hiroshige 53 Stations of the T kaid Vertical Premium written by Cristina Berna and published by Missys Clan. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiroshige produced these prints for the Vertica; Tokaido in 1855 more than 20 years after his first horizontal Hoeidō edition published 1833-34, which is included for comparison.
Download or read book Traditional Arts and Crafts of Japan written by Christopher Dresser and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Victorian classic offers unsurpassed coverage of architecture, ornament, pottery, calligraphy, drawing, lacquerware, metalware, textiles, religious symbols and more. Fascinating insights into Japanese culture: dancing girls, hara-kiri, tea-drinking ceremony, shrines and scenery, vegetation, etc. Over 200 exquisitely drawn illustrations. A delight for art and antique collectors, art historians, crafts enthusiasts, any lover of Japan.
