The Art of the Japanese Screen

Grilli, Elise

Verlag: Weatherhill/Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, New York NY/Tokyo Japan,, 1971

Beschreibung

Hardcover folio, decorated cloth, xii + 276pp., 48 colour and 111 monochrome illustrations. Mauve, green and terracotta toned silk covered boards with gilt lettering and title plate with green-gold decorated endpapers; brown headband. Owner's bookplate. Minor wear; a few marks on side edge of verso of front free endpaper; toned text block edges with some spotting on upper edge. A few small chips on spine extremities of illustrated dustwrapper. Very good to near fine and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. From ancient times the folding screen has played a special role in Japanese art and decor. At first almost purely utilitarian in purpose, screens came more and more to perform a decorative function as well, and eventually, during the brilliant Momoyama and early Edo periods (late 16th to early 18th century) they served as the medium for one of the most colourful and exuberant expressions of the Japanese painter's art. Beginning with this golden age of screen painting, this lavish book offers a history of the Japanese screen from its origins in antiquity down to recent manifestations in the hands of modern artists. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7424

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Art of the Japanese Screen

Verlag: Weatherhill/Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, New York NY/Tokyo Japan,

Erscheinungsdatum: 1971