1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458316203321

Autore

de Goncourt Edmond

Titolo

Hokusai / / Edmond de Goncourt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Parkstone Press International, , [2014]

©[2014]

ISBN

1-78310-499-6

1-78310-514-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 p.)

Disciplina

769.52

Soggetti

Arts, Japanese - Edo period, 1600-1868

Color prints, Japanese - Edo period, 1600-1868

Printmakers - Japan

Wood-engraving, Japanese - Edo period, 1600-1868

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Life of Hokusai -- Surimonos, Yellow Books, and Illustrated Novels -- Manga and Sketchbooks -- Poetry Albums, Plates, Panels, and Other Works.

Sommario/riassunto

Through his elegant brush paintings and masterful woodblocks, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) became one of Japan's most internationally-renowned artists. A master of Ukiyo-e art, he single-handedly transformed the art form from a simple style focused on courtesans and famous actors into a grander style depicting the beauty of nature seen through landscapes and wildlife. His style of art and subject evolved as many times as he changed his name, but Hokusai's talent as an artist remained constant and his influential role in later art movements such as Art Nouveau and Impressionism remains eterna



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453600403321

Titolo

Architects of world history : researching the global past / / edited by Kenneth R. Curtis and Jerry H. Bentley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-29483-1

1-118-29482-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Classificazione

HIS016000

Altri autori (Persone)

CurtisKenneth Robert

BentleyJerry H. <1949->

Disciplina

907.2/022

Soggetti

World history - Historiography

Historians

Historiography - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Architects of World History / Kenneth R. Curtis -- En Route to World Environmental History / J.R. McNeill -- Gender Intersections / Merry Wiesner-Hanks -- No Great Divergence : Reaching World History Through East Asian Studies / Kenneth Pomeranz -- Cultural and Religious Exchanges / Dominic Sachsenmaier -- Law and World History / Lauren Benton -- Africa in the World : From National Histories to Global Connections / Kerry Ward -- Big History / David Christian -- In Search of a Global Cultural History / Jerry Bentley with Karen Jolly.

Sommario/riassunto

"Architects of World History presents an innovative collection of original essays by leading scholars associated with World History, exploring through intellectual autobiography the ideas, challenges, and inspirations that are shaping the field. Features original, accessible contributions from pioneering scholars in the field. Offers insights into the process of developing a workable world history research topic and the experience of professional life as a world historian. Points to methodological challenges; the scholar's current research agenda in relation to the development of world history; and future directions



anticipated for key areas within world history"--