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Capitalscapes - Folding Screens and Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,407
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Capitalscapes - Folding Screens and Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto (Hardcover): Matthew Philip McKelway

Capitalscapes - Folding Screens and Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto (Hardcover)

Matthew Philip McKelway

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Following the destruction of Kyoto during the civil wars of the late fifteenth century, large-scale panoramic paintings of the city began to emerge. These enormous and intricately detailed depictions of the ancient imperial capital were unprecedented in the history of Japanese painting and remain unmatched as representations of urban life in any artistic tradition. Capitalscapes, the first book-length study of the Kyoto screens, examines their inception in the sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries, focusing on the political motivations that sparked their creation. Close readings of the Kyoto screens reveal that they were initially commissioned by or for members of the Ashikaga shogunate and that urban panoramas reflecting the interests of both prevailing and moribund political elites were created to underscore the legitimacy of the newly ascendant Tokugawa regime. Matthew McKelway's analysis of the screens exposes their creators' masterful exploitation of ostensibly accurate depictions to convey politically biased images of Japan's capital. His overarching methodology combines a historical approach, which considers the paintings in light of contemporary reports (diaries, chronicles, ritual accounts), with a thematic one, isolating individual motifs, deciphering their visual language, and comparing them with depictions in other works. McKelway's combined approach allows him to argue that the Kyoto screens were conceived and perpetuated as a painting genre that conveyed specific political meanings to viewers even as it provided textured details of city life. Students and scholars of Japanese art will find this lavishly illustrated work especially valuable for its insights into the cityscape painting genre, while those interested in urban and political history will appreciate its bold exploration of Kyoto's past and the city's late-medieval martial elite.

General

Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2006
First published: March 2006
Authors: Matthew Philip McKelway
Dimensions: 235 x 229 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-2900-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General
LSN: 0-8248-2900-X
Barcode: 9780824829001

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