{"product_id":"japanese-woodblock-prints-45th-ed","title":"Japanese Woodblock Prints. 45th Ed.","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9783836587532\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2022\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: TASCHEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003cb\u003eEdouard Manet\u003c\/b\u003e's portrait of naturalist writer \u003cb\u003eÉmile Zola\u003c\/b\u003e sitting among his Japanese art finds to \u003cb\u003eVan Gogh\u003c\/b\u003e's meticulous copies of the Hiroshige prints he devotedly collected, 19th-century pioneers of European modernism made no secret of their love of Japanese art. In all its \u003cb\u003esensuality, freedom, and effervescence\u003c\/b\u003e, the woodblock print is single-handedly credited with the wave of japonaiserie that first enthralled France and, later, all of Europe-but often remains misunderstood as an \"exotic\" artifact that helped inspire Western creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The fact is that the Japanese woodblock print is a phenomenon of which \u003cb\u003ethere exists no Western equivalent\u003c\/b\u003e. Some of \u003cb\u003ethe most disruptive ideas in modern art\u003c\/b\u003e-including, as Karl Marx put it, that \"all that is solid melts into air\"-\u003cb\u003ewere invented in Japan in the 1700s \u003c\/b\u003eand expressed like never before in the designs of such masters as \u003cb\u003eHokusai, Utamaro, and Hiroshige \u003c\/b\u003ein the early 19th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This volume, derived from the original XXL monograph, lifts the veil on a \u003cb\u003emuch-loved but little-understood art form\u003c\/b\u003e by presenting the most exceptional Japanese woodblock prints in their historical context. Ranging from the 17th-century development of decadent ukiyo-e, or \"pictures of the floating world,\" to the decline and later resurgence of prints in the early 20th century, the images collected in this edition make up \u003cb\u003ean unmatched record not only of a unique genre in art history, but also of the shifting mores and cultural development of Japan\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From mystical mountains to snowy passes, samurai swordsmen to sex worke","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":43032977866841,"sku":"PR916022","price":86.8,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2551\/5502\/files\/image_TIBIYSOVDYHD.jpg?v=1769921012","url":"https:\/\/smartfox.co.nz\/products\/japanese-woodblock-prints-45th-ed","provider":"SmartfoxNZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}