TORNIER Etienne, KUNIK Damien, GOSSOT Anne, RUBINI Constance.
As movable as butterflies - The chochin of Japan.
Norma/Museum of Design/Museum of Decorative Arts
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| N° d'inventaire | 30450 |
| Format | 21 x 32 |
| Détails | 72 p., numerous photographs and illustrations, paperback/spiral-bound. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782376660231 |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at madd-bordeaux, this book is devoted to a mode of lighting that has become, over the centuries, constitutive of Japanese cultural identity, and whose manufacture has been recognized as "traditional crafts" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. These are the chôchin, these bamboo and paper lanterns whose lightness seems to condemn them to an ephemeral life.
With the participation of specialists in Japanese civilization and historians of decorative arts and design, this work presents the manufacture of these objects, the evolution of their use, their place in Japanese mythology and rituals, and their adoption by designers since the 1950s.
With the participation of specialists in Japanese civilization and historians of decorative arts and design, this work presents the manufacture of these objects, the evolution of their use, their place in Japanese mythology and rituals, and their adoption by designers since the 1950s.
With the participation of specialists in Japanese civilization and historians of decorative arts and design, this work presents the manufacture of these objects, the evolution of their use, their place in Japanese mythology and rituals, and their adoption by designers since the 1950s.