The Japanese Influence in America

Lancaster, Clay

Verlag: Walton H. Rawls, New York, New York, 1963

Beschreibung

Black cloth over boards; Color illus. endpapers; 292 pp.; 8 color plates; 216 bw plates and figures. An in-depth look at the influence of Japan in American art and architecture; Very well illustrated with extensive text. Contents as follows: Introduction -- Early Japanese contracts with the foreign world -- Far eastern influence on Europe before the nineteenth century -- The beginnings of Japanese relations with America -- The Japanese imprint upon Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Japanese exhibition at the Philadelphia centennial -- First adaptations of Japanese features in American designs -- Early sources and examples of authentic Japanese architecture in America -- The Phoenix villa at the world's Columbian exposition -- Japanese influence upon the Chicago school -- The Japanese village at the midwinter exposition -- Japanese contributions to the development of the California bungalow -- The Japanese bungalow east of the Mississippi -- The imperial Japanese garden at the Louisiana purchase exposition -- Progeny and transmigrations of the Japanese building for the Saint Louis fair -- The influence of Japan upon modern architecture in the Eastern states -- Japanese and contemporary buildings in the Western states -- Japanese gardens and landscaping in America -- Japan and applied arts and decoration in the United States -- The imprint of Japan upon American fine arts -- Japanese miscellany and a summing-up. VG+, wear to applied leather spine label rest of covers and spine close to new condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 181344

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Japanese Influence in America

Verlag: Walton H. Rawls, New York, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1963

Einband: Hardcover