Baskets - Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art 1850-2015 (Hardcover)

These are exciting times for Japanese bamboo art. May 2017 saw the opening of Japan House Sao Paulo, whose inaugural exhibition 'Bamboo: The Material That Built Japan' drew over 300,000 visitors. From June 2017 to February 2018 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York mounted another bamboo show that was seen by about 400,000. From 27 November, the Musee du quai Branly in Paris will present the largest-ever exhibition on the subject. This authoritative catalogue of 323 works from the Naej Collection thus appears at a moment when a new global audience has emerged. The Naej Collection is especially strong in works by leading artists from 1850 to 1950, when great craft dynasties were established and first Osaka and then Tokyo emerged as major centres of artistic basketry. The catalogue breaks new ground by combining dramatic photography with precious documentary information drawn from signatures and inscriptions, making it not merely the visual record of a great collection but the essential reference work for a developing field of connoisseurship. Text in English, Japanese and simplified Chinese.

General

Imprint:	Stark Studios Limited
Country of origin:	Hong Kong
Release date:	June 2017
Authors:	Joe Earle
Photographers:	Bertrand Stark
Dimensions:	300 x 225 x 52mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	752
ISBN-13:	978-9881375452
Subtitles:	Chinese
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Oriental art Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Decorative arts & crafts > General Promotions
LSN:	9881375452
Barcode:	9789881375452

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