Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings

Forrer, Matthi; Juzo, Suzuki; Smith, Henry D.; Hiroshige, Uragawa; Suzuki, Juzo; Royal Academy Of Arts (Great Britain)

ISBN 10: 3791318608 / ISBN 13: 9783791318608

Verlag: Prestel Pub, 1999

Beschreibung

Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 3.6.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 353-3791318608-gdd

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings
• Verlag: Prestel Pub
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3791318608
• ISBN-13: 9783791318608
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Good
• Gewicht: 3,6 Pfund

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Inhaltsangabe

This highly regarded survey of the works of a master of Japanese printmaking is now available in a convenient and attractively priced flexi edition. Utagawa Hiroshige holds an assured place in the history of art as one of the greatest and best-loved masters of the woodblock print. His immensely popular works capture the beauty and delicacy of Japan's landscape. This superb overview of Hiroshige's oeuvre is arranged according to subject matter: prints of birds and flowers; scenes of his native city; landscapes; still-lifes; a selection from his renowned series, One Hundred Famous Views in Edo; images of mist, snow, rain, and moonlight; and drawings and other works related to the artist's prints. Matthi Forrer's thorough and insightful essays are filled with scholarly detail and fascinating observations. The book's breathtaking images allow readers to fully experience the splendor of Hiroshige's prints in all their poetry and detail.

Reseña del editor

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) holds an assured place in the history of world art as one of the greatest and best-loved masters of the wood-block print. For this book, published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London to mark the bicentenary of the artist's birth, every effort has been made to reproduce the finest early impressions. Each plate is provided with a commentary by Matthi Forrer who, in an introductory essay, examines Hiroshige's life and work, assessing his place in Japanese art and making some important revisions to the generally accepted chronology of his oeuvre. Suzuki Juzo, in his essay, makes a plea for seeing Hiroshige as a whole, drawing attention to aspects of the artist's work and personality that are often overlooked, while Henry D. Smith II places Hiroshige and his art in their social and political context.