Impressionists and Japan. Art between East and West. The Story of a Passion
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Impressionists and Japan. Art between East and West. The Story of a Passion
49.99 €
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For more than two centuries, Japan lived in isolation from the outside world, and only in the middle of the 19th century the Land of the Rising Sun was rediscovered for the West. A new era began in relations between Japan and European countries, and this concerned art in no small part.
During the World Exhibitions in London and Paris, the Japanese pavilion, where engravings and decorative and applied arts were presented, caused a real sensation. In the second half of the 19th century, almost all impressionist artists were fascinated by the simplicity and elegance of the Japanese style.
The penetration of Eastern aesthetics into Western perception through art, primarily fine art, changed the paradigm of artistic thinking: to see what is important in everyday life - in raindrops, fallen sakura, the setting sun...
The book "Impressionism and Japan. Art between East and West: the story of one passion" is dedicated to the history of the interpenetration of the cultures of the East and West, the phenomenon of fascination with Japan in the countries of Europe and America from the mid-19th century to the present day.
During the World Exhibitions in London and Paris, the Japanese pavilion, where engravings and decorative and applied arts were presented, caused a real sensation. In the second half of the 19th century, almost all impressionist artists were fascinated by the simplicity and elegance of the Japanese style.
The penetration of Eastern aesthetics into Western perception through art, primarily fine art, changed the paradigm of artistic thinking: to see what is important in everyday life - in raindrops, fallen sakura, the setting sun...
The book "Impressionism and Japan. Art between East and West: the story of one passion" is dedicated to the history of the interpenetration of the cultures of the East and West, the phenomenon of fascination with Japan in the countries of Europe and America from the mid-19th century to the present day.
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