Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings

Forrer, Matthi; Juzo, Suzuki; Smith, Henry D.; Hiroshige, Uragawa; Suzuki, Juzo; Royal Academy Of Arts (Great Britain)

ISBN 10: 3791318608 / ISBN 13: 9783791318608

Editore: Prestel Pub, 1999

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Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 3.6.

Codice articolo 353-3791318608-gdd

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• Titolo: Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings
• Editore: Prestel Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3791318608
• ISBN 13: 9783791318608
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: Good

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Riassunto

This highly regarded survey of the works of a master of Japanese printmaking is now available in a convenient and attractively priced flexi edition. Utagawa Hiroshige holds an assured place in the history of art as one of the greatest and best-loved masters of the woodblock print. His immensely popular works capture the beauty and delicacy of Japan's landscape. This superb overview of Hiroshige's oeuvre is arranged according to subject matter: prints of birds and flowers; scenes of his native city; landscapes; still-lifes; a selection from his renowned series, One Hundred Famous Views in Edo; images of mist, snow, rain, and moonlight; and drawings and other works related to the artist's prints. Matthi Forrer's thorough and insightful essays are filled with scholarly detail and fascinating observations. The book's breathtaking images allow readers to fully experience the splendor of Hiroshige's prints in all their poetry and detail.