{"product_id":"japanese-woodblock-prints-basic-art","title":"Japanese Woodblock Prints - Basic Art","description":"From Edouard Manet's portrait of the naturalist author Émile Zola seated among his Japanese art objects to the meticulous replicas Van Gogh made of the Hiroshige prints he so fervently gathered, the pioneers of nineteenth-century European modernism made no effort to conceal their devotion to Japanese art. Brimming with sensuality, freedom, and exuberance, the woodblock print is held wholly responsible for the wave of japonoiserie that swept across France and subsequently engulfed the rest of Europe—yet it frequently remains misunderstood as a mere \"exotic\" craft that served to stimulate Western artistic imagination. The reality is that Japanese woodblock printing represents a phenomenon without any direct parallel in the West. Several of the most disruptive concepts in modern art—including the notion that \"all that is solid melts into air,\" as Karl Marx phrased it—were conceived in eighteenth-century Japan and brought vividly to life in the early nineteenth century through the creations of masters such as Hokusai, Utamaro, and Hiroshige.\n\nThis volume reveals the truth behind a widely admired yet frequently misunderstood art form by displaying the most extraordinary Japanese woodblock prints alongside their historical background. Spanning from the seventeenth-century rise of hedonistic ukiyo-e, or \"pictures of the floating world,\" to the decline and subsequent twentieth-century revival of the craft, the imagery collected in this publication documents not just an unparalleled genre within art history, but also the evolving traditions and cultural maturation of Japan itself.\n\nWhile exploring the four fundamental pillars of the medium—beauties, actors, landscapes, and bird-and-flower compositions—readers encounter depictions of the sumo wrestlers, kabuki performers, and alluring geishas or courtesans who inhabited this \"floating world\" and whose devoted followings drove the feverish manufacturing of these prints, functioning as the rock stars of their era. The collection also delves into grim and terrifying motifs where demons, spirits, and otherworldly entities torment the living—striking visuals that continue to shape modern Japanese manga, film, and gaming culture.\n\nRanging from everyday scenes and erotica to battle imagery and folklore, these works demonstrate how supreme technical mastery and an unerring aesthetic eye merged, all while artists and publishers deployed immense ingenuity and playful wit to circumvent state censorship. Accompanied by explanatory texts that guide the reader through this dynamic era of Japanese art history, this edition compiles the finest surviving prints preserved in museums and private collections around the world.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55984681255234,"sku":"3402","price":1230.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/5734\/8930\/files\/japanese-woodblock-prints-basic-art-sanat-taschen-andreas-marks-14092-34-O.jpg?v=1787595577","url":"https:\/\/lumiefilm.com\/products\/japanese-woodblock-prints-basic-art","provider":"LUMIE FILM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}