Focuses on Japanese wood block prints of the Edo period (1600-1868) by explaining the subject matter as well as the technique used in making them.
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Gr. 6^-9. This is a straightforward introduction to the art of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, with clear illustrations in sufficient number to show what is described. Finley gives enough Japanese history to put the art in context, and then describes, using modern photographs as well as the prints themselves, how they were made. She stresses that these eighteenth-and nineteenth-century prints were made for ordinary folk, and, chapter by chapter, she treats landscape, bird and flower imagery, scenes from Kabuki theater, and portraits of women, children, and sumo wrestlers. Many of the prints are set side by side with contemporary photographs that help illuminate their meaning, and the text is nicely tied to the pictures. She briefly covers several artists' lives, when known, and discusses the use of Japanese prints by Western artists, such as Whistler and van Gogh. Handy for school reports, of course, but also a creditable job of crystallizing information for young people about an esoteric yet engaging subject. GraceAnne A. DeCandido
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A Real Treasure,
By Michelle Applebaum (Highland Park, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Art of Japan: Wood-Block Color Prints (Art Around the World) (Hardcover)
I was astonished to find this wonderful little volume when I went browsing through Amazon a few years ago looking for children's art books. I was surprised because my son, then 11, was complaining about the amount of Japanese art in our house, and he didn't understand what it was all about. Then I found this wonderful book! You can only imagine my surprise.What's been neat about this small little treasure has been how it's spoken to all 3 of my children as they've grown up, and made this art so much more personal for them. Public schools these days have such tiny art/music budgets, that as parents, we have to be able to "bring art home" because they will only see it from a distance behind crowds of people at a museum. I wish there were more books like this; parents need them today. Every now and then I take out this book, and it's like a new treasure, once again, for my younger girls (7 and 10), who always look at art books in different ways as they grow; as picture books when they're young and then as real books as they can read themselves. This is something we'll always treasure.
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This review is from: Art of Japan: Wood-Block Color Prints (Art Around the World) (Hardcover)
I agree with Ms. Applebaum: this book is a little gem. It has 23 well-replicated 18th/19th century woodblock prints, and background commentary on the culture and people of Japan. Well worth it!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A Real Treasure,
By Michelle Applebaum (Highland Park, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Art of Japan: Wood-Block Color Prints (Art Around the World) (Hardcover)
I was astonished to find this wonderful little volume when I went browsing through Amazon.com a few years ago looking for children's art books. I was surprised because my son, then 11, was complaining about the amount of Japanese art in our house, and he didn't understand what it was all about. Then I found this wonderful book! You can only imagine my surprise.What's been neat about this small little treasure has been how it's spoken to all 3 of my children as they've grown up, and made this art so much more personal for them. Public schools these days have such tiny art/music budgets, that as parents, we have to be able to "bring art home" because they will only see it from a distance behind crowds of people at a museum. I wish there were more books like this; parents need them today. Every now and then I take out this book, and it's like a new treasure, once again, for my younger girls (7 and 10), who always look at art books in different ways as they grow; as picture books when they're young and then as real books as they can read themselves. This is something we'll always treasure.
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