Shin hanga - Jim Dwinger; Philo Ouweleen
the new prints of Japan 1900-1960
KORTE INHOUD
All the same, since the 1990s museums and private collectors have shown a growing interest in shin hanga (‘new prints’): balanced designs printed on luxurious paper, with the finest pigments and in smaller editions. They are the fruit of the traditional yet highly successful collaboration between artist, publisher, bl
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2022Uitgever: Thames & Hudson224 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9493039595ISBN-13: 9789493039599Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Twentieth-century Japanese printmaking has come in for relatively little attention. Classic Hokusai and Hiroshige landscapes and Utamaro's beautiful images of women remain the dominant form. All the same, since the 1990s museums and private collectors have shown a growing interest in shin hanga ('new prints'): balanced designs printed on luxurious paper, with the finest pigments and in smaller editions. They are the fruit of the traditional yet highly successful collaboration between artist, publisher, block-cutter and printer. It is not so much in their subject matter as their visual language that shin hanga prints set themselves apart from their traditional precursors. Where the classically depicted women were stylized and idealized, their more recent counterparts are based on real models, individually recognizable and full of emotion. The modern landscapes, … [Auteur: Chris Uhlenbeck, Jim Dwinger, Philo Ouweleen] [Uitgever: , Ludion , 2022] [Titel: SHIN HANGA : The New Prints of Japan. 1900-1960]
Twentieth-century Japanese printmaking has come in for relatively little attention. Classic Hokusai and Hiroshige landscapes and Utamaro's beautiful images of women remain the dominant form. All the same, since the 1990s museums and private collectors have shown a growing interest in shin hanga ('new prints'): balanced designs printed on luxurious paper, with the finest pigments and in smaller editions. They are the fruit of the traditional yet highly successful collaboration between artist, publisher, block-cutter and printer. It is not so much in their subject matter as their visual language that shin hanga prints set themselves apart from their traditional precursors. Where the classically depicted women were stylized and idealized, their more recent counterparts are based on real models, individually recognizable and full of emotion. The modern landscapes, me… [Auteur: Chris Uhlenbeck, Jim Dwinger, Philo Ouweleen] [Uitgever: , Ludion , 2022] [Titel: SHIN HANGA The New Prints of Japan. 1900-1950.]
