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More copies of this ISBNHistory of Japanese Art (2ND 05 Edition)by Penelope Mason
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Japanese art, like so many expressions of Japanese culture, is fascinatingly rich in its contrasts and paradoxes. Since the country opened its doors to the outside world in the mid-nineteenth century. Japanese art and culture have enjoyed an immense popularity in the West. When in 1993 renowned scholar Penelope Mason wrote the the first edition of History of Japanese Art, it was the first such volume in thirty yearsto chart a detailed overview of the subject. It remains the only comprehensive survey of its kind in English. This second edition ties together more closely the development of all the media within a well-articulated historical and social context. New to the Second Edition
Synopsis:Published jointly by Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., this second edition of the comprehensive history of Japanese art from 10,500 B.C.E. now extends beyond 1945, tying together more closely the development of all the media within a well-articulated historical and social context. Features a comprehensive survey of Japanese art and culture, now with 67 new color and 52 new black and white illustrations including other art forms such as calligraphy, lacquer, metalwares, ceramics, and textiles. For art enthusiasts interested in far eastern art. Table of ContentsPreface
Map of Japan
1. The Birth of Japan.
The Neolithic Jomon and the ProtohistoricYayoi and Kofun Periods.
Out of Myth and into the Archaeological Record. The Jomon Period (c. 11,000-400 B.C.E.)
The Yayoi Period (c. 400 B.C.E.-300 C.E.)
The Kofun Period (300-710 C.E.)
2. Imperial Models.
The Impact of China and Buddhisni ofro Japan.
Centralization of Power. Beginnings of a Metropolitan Court Culture. The Creation of an Imperial City. The Introduction of Writing. Silk Roads to Japan. Decorative Arts (sixth to eighth centuries). Shinto.
Buddhism. Buddhism's Introduction to Japan. Architecture.
Tori Busshi and Asuka-Period Sculpture (552-645). Asuka Painting: The Tamamushi Shrine. Hakuho Sculpture: Horyuji. Hakuho Painting. HakuhM Sculpture: Yakushiji. Early Nara Sculpture and Painting. Mid-Nara Sculpture: Todaiji. DRY-LACQUER AND CLAY SCULPTURE. Arts of the Late-Nara Period.
3. Capital of Peace and Tranquillity.
The Heian Period anti the Caning of Age of a Native Aesthetic.
Overbearing Monks and Vengeful Ghosts.
Heian and the Imperial Palace.
Buddhist Arts.
Shinto Arts.
4. Changing of the Guard.
The Rise of the Samurai and theTwiiight of the Imperial Order.
Cultural Flowering from Chaos and Upheaval. End of an Epoch: The Hogen, Heiji, and Genpei Wars. The First Shogun: Minamoto no Yoritomo. Repairing the Damage: Cultural Revival in the Early Kamakura Period. Decline into Perpetual Civil War: The Nambokucho and Muromachi Periods. Rakucha Rakugai. Decorative and Applied Arts.
Literary and Calligraphic Arts of the Imperial Court. Emakimono of the Medieval Period. The Rebuilding of Todaiji and Kofukuji. The Kei School of Sculptors. The Revival of lingoji and Kozanji. The Cult of Kukai and the Fashion for Chigo Imagery. Pure Land Buddhism.
Zen Buddhism.
Shinto.
5. Splendor Regained.
The Creative Revolution of tile Momayarna and Early Edo Periods.
From Azuchi to Momoyama. Tokugawa Ascendancy. Urbanization and the Seeds of Social Transformation. Architecture.
Genre Painting.
Decorative and Applied Arts.
Painting.
6. Pax Tokugawa.
Closed Borders, Official Orthodoxy, and the Inexorable Rise of Popular Culture in the Edo Period.
Confucianism and Social Stability. A Bourgeois Paradise. An Eclipse Long Deferred. Images of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e. Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints.
Decorative and Applied Arts.
Buddhist Sacred Arts and Architecture.
Developments in Painting.
7. Forging a New Identity.
The Meiji Restoration) anti Japan's Entry into the Modern World.
The Meiji Restoration. A Cultural Exchange: Westernization and Japonisme. Painting and Sculpture Re-defined. Mingei: Japan's Folkcraft Movement. Prewar Militarism and Postwar Avant-Garde. Architecture. Decorative and Applied Arts. Sculpture. Painting.
Woodblock Prints. Photography. Performance, Multimedia, and Conceptual Art.
Timeline. Glossary. Bibliography. Photo and text credits. Index. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment: 
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