Download or read book Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons written by Haruo Shirane and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and media—from poetry and screen painting to tea ceremonies, flower arrangements, and annual observances. In Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons, Haruo Shirane shows how, when, and why this practice developed and explicates the richly encoded social, religious, and political meanings of this imagery. Refuting the belief that this tradition reflects Japan's agrarian origins and supposedly mild climate, Shirane traces the establishment of seasonal topics to the poetry composed by the urban nobility in the eighth century. After becoming highly codified and influencing visual arts in the tenth and eleventh centuries, the seasonal topics and their cultural associations evolved and spread to other genres, eventually settling in the popular culture of the early modern period. Contrasted with the elegant images of nature derived from court poetry was the agrarian view of nature based on rural life. The two landscapes began to intersect in the medieval period, creating a complex, layered web of competing associations. Shirane discusses a wide array of representations of nature and the four seasons in many genres, originating in both the urban and rural perspective: textual (poetry, chronicles, tales), cultivated (gardens, flower arrangement), material (kimonos, screens), performative (noh, festivals), and gastronomic (tea ceremony, food rituals). He reveals how this kind of "secondary nature," which flourished in Japan's urban architecture and gardens, fostered and idealized a sense of harmony with the natural world just at the moment it was disappearing. Illuminating the deeper meaning behind Japanese aesthetics and artifacts, Shirane clarifies the use of natural images and seasonal topics and the changes in their cultural associations and function across history, genre, and community over more than a millennium. In this fascinating book, the four seasons are revealed to be as much a cultural construction as a reflection of the physical world.
Download or read book Landscape Photography written by Chris Gatcum and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Landscape Photography Four Seasons Fall written by Chris Gatcum and published by Focal Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With russets, reds, golds, and oranges ablaze across the landscape, fall is the season of fiery hues. Infinite in its variety, fall-crisp air and frost-edged landscapes give way to mist-shrouded hills and blazing leaves, presenting the photographer with boundless opportunities for striking images"--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Russia s Four Seasons written by Elisabeth Ingles and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russian people have a profound attachment to their land. Boris Pasternak paid tribute to the millions of dead who made the sacred land of Russia live again and blossom: ""The price Russia paid in blood, in sorrow, in tears increases Russians' love for their land. Writers, musicians and artists have all nourished their talent with the fruits of passion that lie deep at the root of the Russian soul."" This book is designed to help the reader share in the discovery of the beloved Russian land. It includes paintings showing country gentlemen and sometimes serfs toiling like slaves until late 19th century, when they were liberated and at last were able to own property and harvest their crops. This richly illustrated book reproduces paintings from the 18th through the 20th century. Pastoral moments, rural scenes and peasants' strained expressions reveal in vivid detail what life were like on the Russian land.
Download or read book My Four Seasons written by Amy Visram and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2017-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows a family through the seasons over the course of on year, from one wintry New Year's Day to the next.
Download or read book Painting the Four Seasons written by Wendy Jelbert and published by Search PressLtd. This book was released on 1994 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Four Seasons written by Anne Russell King and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Folk Art Landscapes for Every Season written by Judy Diephouse and published by Northlight. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful book shows how easy it is to depict folk art's quaint, picturesque scenery on everything from boxes to picnic baskets.
Download or read book Seasons of Landscape written by Peter Watson and published by Photographers' Institute Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of inspirational photographs, Peter Watson demonstrates how to photograph the seasonal aspects of a variety of landscapes throughout the year, with each month featured in an individual chapter.
Download or read book Four Seasons of Bonsai written by Kyuzo Murata and published by Kodansha Amer Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a season-by-season look at 180 remarkable bonsai presented by the official gardener to the Imperial Household of Japan. Shown in their full glory from the first spring foilage to their somber winter repose, this collection celebrates the individual colors and beauty of each season. 280 full-color photographs.
Download or read book Maine in Four Seasons written by Wesley McNair and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a commonplace that poetry is the literary form that best expresses our deepest feelings. Those who seldom read poetry regularly turn to it for weddings or funerals. The poems in this gift-size anthology speak to the seasons of Maine, celebrating familiar scenery and events in a common language. The 20 poems (five for each season) represent the range of seasonal landscapes and activities from the coast to the northernmost border.
Download or read book Circa 1492 written by Jean Michel Massing and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the art of the Age of Exploration in Europe, the Far East, and the Americas
Download or read book Japan Design written by Ikko Tanaka and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how Japanese tools, food, furniture, clothing, ornaments, tableware, electronic equipment, toys, and landscapes incorporate the four seasons in their designs.
Download or read book The Four Seasons written by E. Stacy-Marks (Eastbourne) and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Digital Landscape Photography written by Chris Gatcum and published by Ilex. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changing of the seasons presents the landscape photographer with nature's most dramatic sights, as well as many of the genre's most rewarding photographic challenges. Chris Gatcum uses the work of the field's most exciting contemporary photographers to illustrate this lavishly-presented four-volume set, and the result is a unique package that combines practicality with inspirational gift appeal. A magnetic closure on the outer case holds four individual seasonal volumes securely in place: each is packed with inspirational images and practical tips, and the hardback pocketbook format means that they are an easy addition to the camera bag.
Download or read book Landscapes of the Four Seasons written by Avril Lee and published by Artpower International Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Part of a series of 10 paintings from the last five dynasties of ancient China - presented in the traditional format of a handscroll The series of Collection of Ancient Calligraphy and Painting Handscrolls: Paintings has a large time span, rich themes and diverse styles. It selects 10 paintings from the last five dynasties of ancient China (Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties), including vivid portraits, exquisite landscape paintings, and meticulous paintings of flowers and birds. The artworks are presented in the traditional format of a handscroll which can be extended indefinitely, so that the postscripts and observations of later generations can be directly followed by the end of the works.
Download or read book Landscape Exhibitions of the Four Seasons written by Heian International Inc and published by National Palace Museum. This book was released on 1994-11 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
