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Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Melanie Trede
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Description for Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Hardcover. Utagawa Hiroshige was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Though he captured a variety of subjects, he was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo", which depicted various scenes of Edo through the seasons, from bustling shopping streets to splendid cherry orchards. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; ACBP; ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 209 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1368.
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 landscapes. Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known ... Read more
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 landscapes. Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836556590
SKU
V9783836556590
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About Melanie Trede
Before taking her doctorate in Far Eastern art history at the University of Heidelberg, Melanie Trede worked at the Gakushuin University in Tokyo. She was assistant professor at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University from 1999 to 2004, since which time she has been Professor of Far Eastern art history at the University of Heidelberg. Lorenz Bichler ... Read more
Reviews for Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
This publication transcends the coffee table cliche by combining beauty with information.