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1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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Terminology and ideology : coming to terms with the term "classicism" in Japanese art-historical writing / Melanie Trede -- Tawaraya Sōtatsu and the "Yamato-e revival" / Satoko Tamamushi -- The patrons of Tawaraya Sōtatsu and Ogata Kōrin / Keiko Nakamachi -- Japanese exemplars for a new age : Genji paintings from the seventeenth-century Tosa school / Laura W. Allen -- A new "classical" theme : the One hundred poets from elite to popular art in the early Edo period / Joshua S. Mostow -- Classical imagery and Tokugawa patronage : a redefinition in the seventeenth century / Karen M. Gerhart -- Uses of the past : Gion Float paintings as instruments of classicism / Elizabeth Lillehoj -- Afterword / Quitman Eugene Phillips -- Appendix: Artists and schools -- Glossary -- Kanji list |
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In the West, classical art-inextricably linked to concerns of a ruling or dominant class-commonly refers to art with traditional themes and styles that resurrect a past golden era. Although art of the early Edo period (1600-1868) encompasses a spectrum of themes and styles, references to the past are so common that many Japanese art historians have variously described this period as a "classical revival," "era of classicism," or a "renaissance." How did seventeenth-century artists and patrons imagine the past? How did classical manners relate to other styles and themes found in Edo art? In considering such questions, the contributors to this volume hold that classicism has been an amorphous, changing concept in Japan-just as in the West. The authors of the essays collected here are by no means unanimous in their assessment of the use of the label "classicism." Although they may not agree on a definition of the term and its applicability to seventeenth-century Japanese art, all recognize the relevance of recent scholarly currents that call into question methods that privilege Western culture. Their various approaches-from stylistic analysis and theoretical conceptualization to assessment of related political and literary trends-greatly increase our understanding of the art of the period and its function in society. Contributors: Laura Allen, Karen Gerhart, Elizabeth Lillehoj, Sam Morse, Joshua Mostow, Keiko Nakamachi, Quittman Eugene Phillips, Satoko Tamamushi, Melanie Trede |
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1600-1868 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Painting, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868.
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Classicism in art -- Japan
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ART -- History -- General.
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ART -- Asian.
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Classicism in art
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Painting, Japanese -- Edo period
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21.02 history of painting.
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Edo-Zeit
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Malerei
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Klassizismus
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Painting.
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Classicism.
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Painting, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868.
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Classicism in art -- Japan.
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Japan
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Japan
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Japan.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lillehoj, Elizabeth, editor.
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| LC no. |
2003009998 |
| ISBN |
9780824862046 |
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082486204X |
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