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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790782603321

Autore

Ono Ayako <1970->

Titolo

Japonisme in Britain : Whistler, Menpes, Henry, Hornel, and nineteenth-century Japan / / Ayako Ono

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

0-415-40584-X

1-136-62510-0

1-315-02067-X

1-136-62503-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (564 p.)

Classificazione

20.70

Disciplina

760/.0941/09034

Soggetti

Japonism - Great Britain

Art - Great Britain - 19th century

Art, Modern - Japanese influences

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 (pages 227-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Japonisme -- James McNeill Whistler's Japonisme -- Mortimer Menpes's visit to Japan: the influence of J. McNeill Whistler and Kawanabe Kyôsai -- George Henry and Edward Atkinson Hornel's visit to Japan and Yokohama Shashin.

Sommario/riassunto

Japan held a profound fascination for western artists in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the influence of Japonisme on western art was pervasive. Paradoxically, just as western artists were beginning to find inspiration in Japan and Japanese art, Japan was opening to the western world and beginning a process of thorough modernisation, some have said westernisation. The mastery of western art was included in the programme.<BR>This book examines the nineteenth century art world against this background and explores Japanese influences on four artists working in Britain in particular