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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

Collections: Entire Library

...cluttered with delightful and decorative baubles: a flask of sand from...the pleasant smoothness of Japanese carved ivory-impressions imparted...have forgotten most of the decorative details shown there in international...forever fascinated by "tricks in art." But even this type of virtuosity...
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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

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...natural flow of Japanese lyricism...arose of art falling into...and highly decorative school of...the most Japanese of all art forms, to...added bold decorative elements...the best Japanese line drawing...increasingly decorative approach...before the art declined...
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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

Collections: Entire Library

...variety of Japanese art best known...significance of the decorative arts which...revolution in Japanese painting...Japan as an art of gold and...this highly decorative technique...matters for Japanese painting...way into art for interior decorative purposes...
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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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...common prejudice, regard Japanese art as predominantly idyllic, ornamental, decorative, rather monotonous...the other provinces of Japanese art show us so much of...this as does also the decorative stylization of the Sotatsu...
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On the Laws of Japanese Painting: An Introduction to the Study of the Art of Japan

Book by Henry P. Bowie; Dover, 1951

Subjects:

Painting, Japanese

Collections: Entire Library

...Japanese work of art -- is without weight...Impressions Japanese painters smile wearily...at best merely decorative; that their pictures...the charm of his decorative manner. He lived...foreign writers on Japanese prints Fenollosa...them and with their art and enjoyed exceptional...

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Mindful Masquerades: Que(e)rying Japanese Immigrant Dress in Turn-of-the-Century San Francisco

Journal article by Amy Sueyoshi; Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 26, 2005

Subjects:

Immigrants--Clothing, Immigrants--Research, Japanese Americans--Clothing, Japanese Americans--Research, San Francisco, California--Emigration and immigration, San Francisco, California--History, San Francisco, California--Research, Women's studies

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...may have been the decorative cherry blossoms that...photo shoot. (46) Japanese women also participated...have had one made of art muslin such as they...disappointment when Japanese immigrant poet Yone...Charles Lorrimer, "The Japanese Art of Flower Arrangement...
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Nationalism and the Rhetoric of Modernism in Nigeria: The Art of Uche Okeke and Demas Nwoko, 1960-1968

Journal article by Chika Okeke-Agulu; African Arts, Vol. 39, 2006

Subjects:

African art--Criticism and interpretation, Art, African--Criticism and interpretation, National identity--Portrayals, National identity--Social aspects, Nigerian culture, Nwoko, Demas--Criticism and interpretation, Nwoko, Demas--Influence, Okeke, Uche--Criticism and interpretation, Okeke, Uche--Influence, Political art--Criticism and interpretation, Politics in art--Criticism and interpretation

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...Igbo people, he was actualizing the nationalist goals of the Art Society. (26) Yusuf Grillo makes this point clear: The very first thing for an artist (Chinese, Japanese, Nigerian, European...
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Still Life: Sephardi, Ashkenazi, and West African Art and Form in Suriname's Jewish Cemeteries

Journal article by Aviva Ben-Ur; American Jewish History, Vol. 92, 2004

Subjects:

American Jews--History, American Jews--Social aspects, Art, Jewish--Research, Cemeteries--Research, Jewish art--Research, Jews, American--History, Jews, American--Social aspects, Surinamese history

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...question its very legitimacy, while the derivative characteristics of national arts, such as Roman art echoing Greek, or Japanese art branching off from Chinese, do not provoke similar doubts. (77.) Goberman, Jewish Tombstones, 9. (78.) C13 (Rachel...
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The Invention and Uses of Folk Art in Germany: Wooden Toys from the Erzgebirge Mountains

Journal article by Manuel Schramm; Folklore, Vol. 115, 2004

Subjects:

Folk art--History, Folk art--Marketing, Saxony, Germany--History, Toy industry--History

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...could not be met by GDR producers. As do-it-yourself kits for decorative articles had been offered since 1976 (Flade 1979), amateur...Some of them, at least, saw themselves in the Erzgebirge folk art tradition, even though the quality of their produce was often...
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Video Art: Stayin' Alive

Journal article by Cynthia Chris; Afterimage, Vol. 27, 2000

Subjects:

Art--Exhibitions, Independent films--Forecasts, Video art--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...and The Horse Impressionists) and so formally codified, even decorative (citing Matthew Barneys Cremaster V 1997), as to constitute...In contrast, Untitled #29.95 most emphatically praises video art concerned, critically or playfully, with social issues, and...

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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

...Parisian craftsmen to make decorative items for French houses...intemational trade on art in Europe at this time...traditional Chinese, Japanese or other East Asian cultures...European or American art of this time period, or study illustrated art books of the subject...
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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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...gave it a distinctly Japanese stamp through the rather decorative rendering of landscape...this period much of Japanese art had been religious...much architecture, art, and film, and even...spent a year studying Japanese language and culture...
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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

...Susanna Jones Japanese decorative art is associated with...notion of minimalism in Japanese art. Lavish, colourful...merchants and some of these decorative motifs were based on...tradition goes way back in Japanese history; when ceramic...
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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

...We offer a few decorative alternatives that...with the spirit of Japanese art: 1. Impressing...How to Look at Japanese Art, Harry N. Abrams...Tuttle Co. * Japanese Design Motifs...Japan, The Art of the Tea Ceremony...
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Art; Vienna 1900

Magazine article by Arthur C. Danto; The Nation, Vol. 243, September 27, 1986

Subjects:

Art, Klimt, Gustav--Exhibitions, Kokoschka, Oskar--Exhibitions, Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--Exhibitions, Schiele, Egon--Exhibitions, Vienna, Austria--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Entire Library

...Schonberg--for there is no sense in which their art can be seen as decorative. So between Klimts work and theirs, some new definition...background of The Kiss carries the feeling of a Japanese screen--a mobile wall--conveying a metaphysical...

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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...holdings in all the arts, as well as the decorative arts. For example, the museum holds more...extraordinary, beautiful objects. * * * Art in the first two sections, "Industrial...existence; the plate, a tour de force by the Japanese Koransha Co. Other gems, noteworthy...
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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of the house, and so becomes a work of art; its a kind of contemplative exercise...season of the iris, which is a revered Japanese plant; we have just one clump of iris...paraphernalia. There is always, however, a decorative and functional rain chain that takes the...
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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...a recurrent theme in Japanese art. The tiny, delicate...best of the Momoyama decorative style. Another screen...born. The vogue for decorative, patterned objects also...Another uniquely Japanese art form is "kana" script...
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Sackler Offers Royal Display of Imperial Art from Japan

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, December 14, 1997

Subjects:

Japan

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

...Typical of the later Momoyama periods (1573-1615) decorative style, the overall richness and splendor of the painting...not to visit this show with preconceived notions about Japanese art. The Meiji emperor was actively encouraging artists...
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Tokyo Greets Urban Future; Roppongi Hills Offers Work, Homes, Art, Entertainment and Convenience

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 15, 2003

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

...the areas for economic stimulus." For centuries, Japanese real estate has been divided into small, privately...gadgets, flowers, linens, household goods, jewelry, art and decorative items, even the novelties in one shop called White...

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Japanese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...background. The Kano family of artists succeeded in fusing the technique of Chinese ink painting with the decorative quality of Japanese art. The Edo Period to the Twentieth Century The school of painting started in the Edo period (1615 1867...
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Kano , Family or School of Japanese Painters

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...pale tints. His work is Japanese in spirit, reflecting the influence of Chinese art in technique and style...stressed outlines and bold decorative patterns. His screen...the royal palaces. His art differs from that of...vigorous and versatile of Japanese painters. He worked in...
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Wood Carving

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...any kind of sculpture in wood, from the decorative bas-relief on small objects to life-size...they were universally one of the earliest art media, wood carvings have withstood poorly...dwellings (see Chinese architecture ; Japanese architecture ). The Muslim countries of...
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Koetsu Hon'Ami

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...style of traditional Japanese art. His career flourished...school, which promoted a decorative style that included the...Deer Scroll (Seattle Art Museum), in which his...Arts of Honami Koetsu, Japanese Renaissance Master...
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Children's Book Illustration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...any type of picture or decorative work produced for books...children include the Japanese Scroll of Animals...of Thomas Bewick s art for Pretty Book of Pictures...remain unsurpassed. His art creates a visual framework...Illustrations combining graphic art and collage graced Ezra...

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