Description: Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Hardcover by Bichler, Lorenz; Trede, Melanie, ISBN 3836593084, ISBN-13 9783836593083, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning “pictures of the floating world,” ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world’s visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo): beautiful women, actors and wrestlers, city life, and spectacular he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (1856–1858), which depicted various scenes of the city through the seasons, from bustling shopping streets to splendid cherry reprint, bound in the traditional Japanese fashion, is made from one of the finest complete original sets of woodblock prints belonging to the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo. It pairs each of the 120 illustrations with a description, allowing readers to immerse themselves in these beautiful, vibrant vistas that became paradigms of Japonisme and inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists alike, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler.
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Book Title: Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Number of Pages: 302 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Taschen
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 1.4 in
Topic: Individual Artists / General, Asian / General, General, Techniques / Printmaking
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art
Item Weight: 32.6 Oz
Item Length: 13.6 in
Author: Trede, Lorenz Bichler
Item Width: 10.2 in
Format: Hardcover
