Ukiyo-E Explained |
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| Author:
| Bell, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-901903-41-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2004 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $140.95 |
Book Description:
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Ukiyo-e Explainedis the first integrated study to show how ukiyo-eis art but also social history, culture and craft. This study illuminates new pathways to a greater appreciation of ukiyo-eby addressing the environments and conditions under which the artists worked, together with the factors that determined or conditioned the peculiar stylistic character of ukiyo-e.
Ukiyo-e Explainedis the first integrated study to show how ukiyo-eis art but also social history, culture and craft. This study illuminates new pathways to a greater appreciation of ukiyo-eby addressing the environments and conditions under which the artists worked, together with the factors that determined or conditioned the peculiar stylistic character of ukiyo-e.