{"product_id":"japanese-woodblock-prints-40th-ed","title":"Japanese Woodblock Prints. 40th Ed. ","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__description\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__description\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJapanese woodblock printing\u003c\/strong\u003e depicted\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ebreathtaking landscapes, erotic compulsion, ghosts and demons\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003etormenting the living, and made\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003esumo wrestlers and kabuki actors rock stars\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e. This compendium brings together the\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003emost exceptional prints from the period 1680 to 1938\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eand draws\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eon the finest works\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003efrom museums and private collections around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Visual History of Japanese Masterpieces\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eFrom Edouard Manet's portrait of the naturalist writer Émile Zola sitting among his Japanese art relics to Van Gogh's meticulous copies of the Hiroshige prints he devotedly collected, the pioneers of 19th-century European modernism made no secret of their love for Japanese art. In all its sensuality, freedom, and effervescence, the woodblock print is single-handedly credited with the wave of Japonaiserie that first captivated France and later Europe, yet it often remains misunderstood as an \"exotic\" artifact that helped inspire Western creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The fact is that \u003cstrong\u003eJapanese woodblock printing\u003c\/strong\u003e is a phenomenon for which there is no Western equivalent. Some of the most groundbreaking ideas in modern art, including, as Karl Marx said, \"everything solid melts into air,\" were invented in Japan in the 1700s and expressed as never before in the designs of masters like Hokusai, Utamaro, and Hiroshige in the early 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThis volume, based on the original XXL monograph, lifts the veil on a beloved yet little-understood art form by presenting the most exceptional Japanese woodblock prints in their historical context. Spanning the 17th-century development of the decadent ukiyo-e, or \"pictures of the floating world,\" to the decline and subsequent resurgence of prints in the early 20th century, the images collected in this edition provide an unparalleled account not only of a genre unique in art history but also of Japan's changing customs and cultural development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eFrom mystical mountains to snow-capped passes, from samurai swordsmen to prostitutes in shop windows, each piece is explored as a work of art in its own right, revealing the stories and people behind the motifs. We discover the four pillars of woodblock printing (beauties, actors, landscapes, and compositions of birds and flowers) alongside depictions of sumo wrestlers, kabuki actors, or seductive courtesans—rock stars who populated the \"floating world\" and whose fans fueled the frenetic production of woodblock prints. We delve into the horrific and the dark in prints where demons, ghosts, man-eaters, and otherworldly creatures torment the living: astonishing images that continue to influence Japanese manga, films, and video games to this day. We witness how, in their incredible breadth, from everyday scenes to eroticism, from the martial to the mythological, these works are united by the technical mastery and unerring eye of their creators, and how, with enormous ingenuity and ironic wit, publishers and artists struggled to evade government censorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThis edition brings together the best existing impressions from museums and private collections around the world in a light and accessible format, offering extensive descriptions to guide us through this frenetic period in the history of Japanese art. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__edition-and-specs\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The author\u003cbr\u003e Andreas Marks studied East Asian art history at the University of Bonn and earned a doctorate in Japanese studies from the University of Leiden with a thesis on 19th-century prints depicting kabuki actors. From 2008 to 2013, he was director and chief curator of the Clark Center for Japanese Art in Hanford, California, and since 2013, he has been head of Japanese and Korean art at the Mary Griggs Burke Collection and director of the Clark Center for Japanese Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJapanese Woodblock Prints. 40th Ed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover, \u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e15.6 x 21.7 cm,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__edition-and-specs\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e512 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__edition-and-specs\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003eEnglish language\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49859549659475,"sku":"TASCHEN 25 - 9783836587532","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7690\/9390\/files\/book-japanese-woodblock-prints-40th-ed-saypaper-taschen-60214522478931.png?v=1732753165","url":"https:\/\/saypaper.it\/en\/products\/japanese-woodblock-prints-40th-ed","provider":"SayPaper","version":"1.0","type":"link"}