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Japan Modern: Japanese Prints from the Elise Wessels Collection

Categorie	Grafiek & Tekeningen
Boeknummer	#340668-WD18
Titel	Japan Modern: Japanese Prints from the Elise Wessels Collection
Auteur	Jansen, Marije
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij	Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum
Jaar van uitgave	2017
ISBN10	9491714880
ISBN13	9789491714887
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original pictorial boards, coloured transperent dust jacket, numerous (full page) colour illustrations, India paper, 4to.
Samenvatting	Japan Modern presents an overview of Japanese printing in the first half of the twentieth century. Japan was flourishing in the years after 1900. Modern city culture offered plenty of opportunities, the landscape changed, the position of women improved and optimism abounded. At the same time, the many changes produced feelings of nostalgia. Prints made in this period portray the turbulent times unlike anything else. Using an ancient wood-carving technique, artists show us modern life: streets scenes with high-rise buildings, cars, railroads, factories and Japanese women with modern hairdos dancing and drinking cocktails. However, more traditional subjects, such as idealized portraits of women and romantic landscapes are portrayed as well. Unique in the Netherlands, the Elise Wessels col... (Lees verder)lection comprises Japanese prints from the first half of the twentieth century; outside Japan, it is counted among the best in its field.
Pagina's	264
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 65,00

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