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Japanese Landscapes: From Hokusai to Hasui.

Japanese Landscapes: From Hokusai to Hasui.

Rmn-Grand Palais Editions
€13,50 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 26183
Format 17.4 x 13.2
Détails 96 p., numerous color illustrations, hardcover.
Publication Paris, 2017
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782711864348
The peak of the landscape motif in prints developed in Japan at the beginning of the 19th century, when travel became one of the favorite leisure activities of the Japanese. Initially devoted to visiting famous temples, shrines, and gardens in the Edo region, travel extended to more distant lands, for the wealthiest people, thanks to the contemporary popularity of tourist guides. Painters seized on this new enthusiasm, giving rise to the development and success of landscape prints, which had the advantage of constituting an unforgettable souvenir, easy to transport and inexpensive, equivalent to what postcards would become with the invention of photography. The Ise Shrine, the Tokaido Road, Nara, and Mount Fuji became famous destinations, and therefore famous motifs. The two undisputed masters of the genre are Hokusai and Hiroshige. Hokusai's series of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes The Great Wave, was a huge success upon its publication in the 1820s and 1830s, earning it a place in posterity. Journey through the print collections of the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, and discover within the pages of this book more than sixty works, magnificent echoes of the art of printmaking, undoubtedly the most emblematic of Japan.
The peak of the landscape motif in prints developed in Japan at the beginning of the 19th century, when travel became one of the favorite leisure activities of the Japanese. Initially devoted to visiting famous temples, shrines, and gardens in the Edo region, travel extended to more distant lands, for the wealthiest people, thanks to the contemporary popularity of tourist guides. Painters seized on this new enthusiasm, giving rise to the development and success of landscape prints, which had the advantage of constituting an unforgettable souvenir, easy to transport and inexpensive, equivalent to what postcards would become with the invention of photography. The Ise Shrine, the Tokaido Road, Nara, and Mount Fuji became famous destinations, and therefore famous motifs. The two undisputed masters of the genre are Hokusai and Hiroshige. Hokusai's series of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes The Great Wave, was a huge success upon its publication in the 1820s and 1830s, earning it a place in posterity. Journey through the print collections of the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, and discover within the pages of this book more than sixty works, magnificent echoes of the art of printmaking, undoubtedly the most emblematic of Japan.