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Japan style

Title
Japan style / Gian Carlo Calza.
Author
Calza, Gian Carlo.
Publication
London ; New York : Phaidon, 2007.

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Description
303 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
Describing and defining what 'Japan style' is, this book explores specific achievements in Japanese art and architecture, offering an analysis of the Japanese culture, its vision of the world and of humankind.
Uniform Title
Stile Giappone. English
Alternative Title
Stile Giappone.
Subject
  • Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
  • Art, Japanese
  • Arts, Japanese
  • Japanese literature
  • Architecture, Japanese
  • Civilization
  • Künste
  • Kultur
  • Beeldende kunsten
  • Bouwkunst
  • Esthetica
  • Architecture > Japan
  • Konsthistoria > Japan
  • Design > historia > Japan
  • Japan > Civilization
  • Japan
  • Japan
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-297) and index.
Contents
1. Irregular beauty : Japan style ; Tea and the aesthetics of the undefined ; Images of emptiness ; The seductiveness of impermanence ; Eccentric? No, extraordinary ; The secret message of nō ; The colours of darkness ; Interlude: small but great -- 2. The feeling of nature : The harmony of things ; An intimate perception of reality ; The dragon in tranquility ; Nature's magnificence ; Nature and beauty in the floating world ; Interlude: Eating with the eyes -- 3. Masters of art : Zeami: the flower in the demon ; Hokusai: the old man mad about painting ; Kawabata: the power of the ethereal ; Mishima: when will you kill yourself, master? ; Ikkō: a flash of light.
ISBN
  • 0714846244
  • 9780714846248
LCCN
  • 2010283092
  • 99818764332
  • 99818541954
OCLC
  • ocm70764986
  • 70764986
  • SCSB-1450352
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library