Japan. A silent journey.
La Martinière| N° d'inventaire | 23255 |
| Format | 19.5 x 26.5 |
| Détails | 256 p., publisher's canvas binding. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782732494128 |
Japan, a Silent Journey is a personal journey through a country so long isolated from the outside world that it saw the birth of a culture and artistic forms preserved until the dawn of the Meiji era (1868-1912). To grasp its nuances, one must know how to immerse oneself in the hidden beauty of the world, to take one's steps at random and open oneself to the unknown, to savor the twilight that conceals as much as it reveals, to walk with the ghosts while listening to the obscure voices of the past... Ink drawings, calligraphy, prints by the old masters and contemporary photographs respond here in a visual stroll conducive to reverie. Texts illuminating the links that unite the great literary and pictorial works with an aesthetic of impermanence complete the drawing of this sensitive geography of Japan.
Japan, a Silent Journey is a personal journey through a country so long isolated from the outside world that it saw the birth of a culture and artistic forms preserved until the dawn of the Meiji era (1868-1912). To grasp its nuances, one must know how to immerse oneself in the hidden beauty of the world, to take one's steps at random and open oneself to the unknown, to savor the twilight that conceals as much as it reveals, to walk with the ghosts while listening to the obscure voices of the past... Ink drawings, calligraphy, prints by the old masters and contemporary photographs respond here in a visual stroll conducive to reverie. Texts illuminating the links that unite the great literary and pictorial works with an aesthetic of impermanence complete the drawing of this sensitive geography of Japan.