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2000 Years of Japanese Art

Book by Yukio Yashiro, Peter C. Swann; Thames and Hudson, 1958

Subjects:

Art, Buddhist, Art, Japanese

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...power. Eitoku became their artistic prophet. His decorative paintings on screens, with their large- scale subjects and rich colours, are unmatched in the whole of Japanese decorative art. No authenticated works by the artist have survived...
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Decorative Art of Victoria's Era

Book by Frances Lichten; Charles Scribners Sons, 1950

Subjects:

Decoration And Ornament--Great Britain--Victorian Style, Great Britain--Social Life And Customs--19th Century, United States--Social Life And Customs--19th Century

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...of the Japanese arts from the equally...the beauties of Japanese art, and Morris to...violent interest in "Art for Arts sake" -- doctrine...college Wilde made a decorative feature of "aesthetic...had long collected Japanese porcelains and he...
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The Florentine Book Fair: The Book Section of the Exposition of Decorative Arts; the German Book Exhibit at Columbia University

Book by Theodore Wesley Koch; 1926

Subjects:

Book Industries And Trade--Exhibitions, Book Industries And Trade--Germany, Fiera Internazionale Del Libro (Florence, Italy), Printing--Exhibitions

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...broken line and concentric circles,--a mixture of Japanese and cubist influence. Robert Bonfils loves "to put...an exhibit as the Book Section of the Exposition of Decorative Arts without at least a slight knowledge of the
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Japanese Genre Painting: The Lively Art of Renaissance Japan

Book by Ichitaro Kondo, Roy Andrew Miller; C.E. Tuttle Co., 1961

Subjects:

Genre Painting, Painting, Japanese--History

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...KIYOMIZU TEMPLE Important Art Object. Coll. Atami Museum of Fine Art Colors on paper. Six...within the conventions of Japanese decorative art of the period, and...essential methodology of Japans decorative art, especially on its...
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Emakimono: The Art of the Japanese Painted Hand-Scroll

Book by Akihisa Hasé, J. Maxwell Brownjohn, Dietrich Seckel; Pantheon Books, 1959

Subjects:

Narrative Painting--Japan, Painting, Japanese, Scrolls, Japanese

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...picture, of which this art was capable. Needless to...common prejudice, regard Japanese art as predominantly idyllic, ornamental, decorative, rather monotonous and...such characteristically Japanese creations as these emaki...

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Illustrating the Mind: "faulty Memory" Setsuwa and the Decorative Sutras of Late Classical and Early Medieval Japan

Journal article by Charlotte Eubanks; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 36, 2009

Subjects:

Classical studies, Japanese culture, Material culture, Reading, Sermons

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...Setsuwa and the Decorative Sutras of...attempt in Japanese Buddhism...aristocratic arts and pastimes...setsuwa and decorative sutra arts examined...medieval Japanese society...techniques of decorative sutras...more public art forms than...
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Japanese Art History 2001: the State and Stakes of Research

Journal article by Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

Subjects:

Art history, Cultural relations, Japan, North America, Politics, Research, Social conditions & trends

Collections: History, Entire Library

...quantities of art, which ended...Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for...Cleveland Museum of Art. But they were...And when the Japanese government established...and other "decorative" objects to...sculpture) and "decorative art" (ceramics...idea of "fine arts" in this sense...the box" of Japanese art history as...
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Ishii Hakutei on the Future of Japanese Painting

Journal article by Mikiko Hirayama; Art Journal, Vol. 55, 1996

Subjects:

Art history, Hakutei, Ishii (1882-1958), Japan, Visual artists

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...concepts of pure art and creativity...pure and applied arts in Japan, which...recommend that Japanese painters keep...from traditional decorative arts, which...painters working in decorative arts for economic...admiration of Western art, especially...painters who adapted Japanese motifs and media...
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Nihonga Meets GU Kaizhi: a Japanese Copy of a Chinese Painting in the British Museum

Journal article by Shane McCausland; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 87, 2005

Subjects:

Art galleries & museums, Art history, International relations, Investigations, Nonfiction, Painting, Visual artists

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...the Occidental fine arts, notably, European...tours. The Japan Art Institute had been...neotraditionalist style of Japanese painting, Nihonga...of the Occidental arts, these perhaps contradictory...agenda in the Nihonga art establishment. The...the suggestion of a Japanese art historian, Fukui...lectures in the fine arts, and conducting...
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Ise Shrine and a Modernist Construction of Japanese Tradition

Journal article by Jonathan M. Reynolds; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

Subjects:

Art criticism, History, Ise Japan, Modernism, Photographers, Shrines, Yoshio, Watanabe

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...was not reserved for a Japanese audience. Harada Jiro, an art historian on the staff...relevance of premodern Japanese aesthetics for modern art even more directly than...elements to contemporary art and design: The Japanese discovered a unique...

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Japanese Tea Bowls: A Historical Look and a Class Project

Magazine article by Sara Grove Macaulay; Arts & Activities, Vol. 133, February 2003

Subjects:

Art teachers--Technique, Art--Study and teaching, Artists as teachers, Creative activities and seat work, Elementary school students--Study and teaching, Project method in teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...How to Look at Japanese Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc...Carol B., Treasury of Japanese Designs and Motifs for Artists...Grove Macaulay teaches studio art and art history, and is the Acting Chair of the Fine Arts Department at The Winsor School...
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Bright Lanterns: Susanna Jones Enjoys an Illuminating Insight into Japanese History

Magazine article by Susanna Jones; New Statesman, Vol. 132, February 24, 2003

Subjects:

Decoration and ornament, Decorative arts--Exhibitions, Design, Decorative

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Jones enjoys an illuminating insight into Japanese history by Susanna Jones Japanese decorative art is associated with restraint, serenity...that belies the notion of minimalism in Japanese art. Lavish, colourful, and often playful...
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Art Transformed When West Meets East

Magazine article by Ann Friedman, Diane Brigham; School Arts, Vol. 94, November 1994

Subjects:

Art, Decorative--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Porcelain--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Art transformed when West...Description of Objects These decorative groups combine parts...craftsmen to make decorative items for French houses...intemational trade on art in Europe at this...traditional Chinese, Japanese or other East Asian...
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Japanese Battle Screen

Magazine article by Jane Burell; School Arts, Vol. 99, December 1999

Subjects:

History--Study and teaching, Japan--History

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

Japanese Battle Screen. by...depicted in works of art. Battle screens...overall effect is decorative with gold clouds...subjects and were more decorative in style. By the...seventeenth century. Japanese Screens There are...
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Eye on Edo: Art in Japan 1615--1868

Magazine article by Scarlet Cheng; World and I, Vol. 14, February 1999

Subjects:

Art, Art objects, Japanese--Exhibitions, Art, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868, Feudalism--Japan, Japan, Japanese art, Japanese art objects--Exhibitions, Shogunate--Japan, Tokugawa period, 1600-1868

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...sky. By this point the Japanese had adopted Western one...houses. Sometimes the art forms complemented one...consists primarily of Edo art," which in the late...as much architecture, art, and film, and even...frequently about film and the arts and has been published...spent a year studying Japanese language and culture...

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Grandly Designed: Baltimore Museum Displays Dazzling Show of Decorative Art

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, October 19, 1997

Subjects:

Victoria

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...displays dazzling show of decorative art by Joanna Shaw-Eagle...Its the worlds largest decorative arts museum and contains...deputy director for art Brenda Richardson...direction. The pair, both decorative arts admirers, approached...
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The Treasure Seeker; to the Astonishment of His Peers, an Unassuming Iranian Art Dealer Has Somehow Built Up a Personal Fortune of [Pounds Sterling

Newspaper article; March 27, 2009

Subjects:

Art and war--Investigations, Prime ministers--Investigations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...thousands of works of Islamic art. At the height of his spending...collection of 2,000 Meiji period Japanese decorative arts and other artefacts from Spain...vases ( circa 1885) from his Japanese collection He spent pounds sterling...
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Japanese Tradition of Bold Design Seen at Metropolitan Museum

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, June 3, 2000

Subjects:

Metropolitan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...It also shows the Japanese attention to craft and to all the arts. Much the same...zenith of native Japanese art. The militant Tokugawa...The vogue for decorative, patterned objects...spread to the other arts. A richly decorated...Another uniquely Japanese art form is "kana...
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Japanese Spot the Difference

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), May 8, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...were now added to the Japanese kimono and the use of...are highly respected art forms and, even though...is not limited to the Japanese as talented carvers...for the tokonoma, the decorative alcove which is considered...main hall of a noble Japanese residence. Like Netsuke...
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An Oriental Oasis; A Serene Japanese Garden Is the Perfect Antidote to Busy City Life. Pattie Barron Falls for the Far East

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 7, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...so becomes a work of art; its a kind of contemplative...which is a revered Japanese plant; we have just...the house, there is a Japanese version of crazy paving...in the contemporary Japanese style of curved lines...always, however, a decorative and functional rain...

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Japanese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...its history Japanese art has relied heavily on...technical methods of Japanese painting were established...cent., Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston). In this art form the affairs of people...are the most revered of Japanese landscapists. Their...ink painting with the decorative quality of Japanese art...
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Kano , Family or School of Japanese Painters

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...family or school of Japanese painters. Kano Masanobu...tints. His work is Japanese in spirit, reflecting...stressed outlines and bold decorative patterns. His screen...royal palaces. His art differs from that of...vigorous and versatile of Japanese painters. He worked...at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...
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Koetsu Hon'Ami

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1558 1637, Japanese artist, poet...and related arts used a stylized...traditional Japanese art. His career...promoted a decorative style that...Seattle Art Museum...al., The Arts of Honami Koetsu, Japanese Renaissance...
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Garden

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...gardening are ancient arts. The Egyptians built...skilled in using water for decorative effects; the Moors carried...best advantage. The Japanese adopted this principle...and simplicity. The Japanese art of bonsai gave rise to...their topiary work , an art practiced earlier by...
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Stencil

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...surface. Designing an art stencil differs from ordinary...shipping. The Chinese and Japanese employ a tough mulberry...Bishop and C. Lord, The Art of Decorative Stenciling (rev. ed. 1985); L. LeGrice, The Art of Stenciling (1987...

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