Japanese Woodblock Prints: 40th Anniversary Edition

Japanese Woodblock Prints: 40th Anniversary Edition

Marks, Andreas

$515.00 MXN

Sinopsis

Del retrato que hizo Edouard Manet del escritor naturalista Émile Zola ante una estampa japonesa a las meticulosas copias de los grabados de Hiroshige que Van Gogh coleccionó con devoción, los pioneros del modernismo europeo del siglo XIX no ocultaron su amor por el arte japones. En toda su sensualidad, libertad y efervescencia, la xilografía es el ejemplo por antonomasia de la ola de japonismo que primero cautivó a Francia y más tarde a toda Europa, a menudo en forma de objetos “exóticos” malinterpretados que contribuyeron a inspirar la creatividad occidental.

La xilografía japonesa es un fenómeno sin equivalente en el arte occidental. Algunas de las ideas más disruptivas del arte moderno —entre ellas, como expresó Karl Marx, que “todo lo sólido se derrite en el aire”— se inventaron en Japón a principios del siglo XVIII y se expresaron como nunca antes en las obras de maestros de la talla de Hokusai, Utamaro e Hiroshige a principios del siglo XIX.

Este volumen, basado en la monografía XXL original, nos desvela un arte muy apreciado pero poco comprendido presentándonos las estampas más destacadas de la xilografía japonesa en su contexto histórico. Desde el desarrollo en el siglo XVII del decadente ukiyo-e, o 

Editorial:
Taschen
Año de edición:
2023
Materia
Arte
ISBN:
978-3-8365-8753-2
Páginas:
512
Encuadernación:
Pasta dura
Idioma:
Inglés

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