Japan's Golden Age: Momoyama
1996ref. 117756New Haven Connecticut / London: Yale University Press 1996. Hardcover. VG/VG as new in shrinkwrap. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped spine lettering illustrated end papers. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 320 pp. Color illustrations. Accompanied an exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art; Includes sections on portraiture sculpture painting calligraphy masks textiles arms and armor lacquer and metalwork and tea ceremony utensils and ceramics from the Momoyama period; Contains glossary of terms. The history culture and aesthetics of the Momoyama period are explored by analyzing and reproducing masterpieces of artists in many media: paintings including many superb screen paintings sculpture calligraphy tea ceremony utensils lacquerware ceramics metalwork arms and armor textiles and Noh masks. A team of leading scholars and specialists in Japanese art contributes an introduction to each section with an essay that places the individual works in a broader art-historical and cultural context. This beautiful book reproduces works of art from temples and private collections in Japan which have rarely been seen as well as the most famous masterpieces of the major museums. It also serves as the catalogue of an exhibition held at the Dallas Museum of Art in cooperation with the Japan Foundation and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. Contents as follows: Sun & Star 1996 Supporters -- Japan's National Treasures -- Introduction / Money L. Hickman -- Catalogue. Portraiture / Christine Guth. Sculpture / John M. Rosenfield. Painting / Money L. Hickman. Calligraphy / John T. Carpenter. Tea Ceremony Utensils and Ceramics / Nicole C. Rousmaniere. Lacquer and Metalwork / Andrew J. Pekarik. Arms and Armor / Bruce A. Coats. Textiles / Christine Guth. Noh Masks / Andrew J. Pekarik -- Chronological Tables / Suzy Sloan Jones. Yale University Press hardcover books
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