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Japanomania in the Nordic Countries, 1875-1918
Gabriel P. Weisberg
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Description for Japanomania in the Nordic Countries, 1875-1918
Hardback. Editor(s): Weisberg, Gabriel P.; Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria von. Num Pages: 256 pages, 170 color + 100 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; ACBP; ACX; AGC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 292 x 235. .
This extensive publication, complete with hundreds of illustrations by such renowned artists as Carl Larsson, Edvard Munch, Vilhelm Hammershoi, Helene Schjerfbeck, Pekka Halonen, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Gerhard Munthe, Pietro Krohn, and Frida Hansen, among others, offers an unprecedented study of Japanese influence on the visual arts in the Nordic countries. This unlikely diffusion of Japanese culture, known collectively as Japonisme, became increasingly apparent in England, France, and elsewhere in Europe during the 19th century, although nowhere was the influence seemingly as pervasive as it was throughout the Nordic countries. The book reveals how the widespread interest in Japanese aesthetics helped to ... Read more
This extensive publication, complete with hundreds of illustrations by such renowned artists as Carl Larsson, Edvard Munch, Vilhelm Hammershoi, Helene Schjerfbeck, Pekka Halonen, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Gerhard Munthe, Pietro Krohn, and Frida Hansen, among others, offers an unprecedented study of Japanese influence on the visual arts in the Nordic countries. This unlikely diffusion of Japanese culture, known collectively as Japonisme, became increasingly apparent in England, France, and elsewhere in Europe during the 19th century, although nowhere was the influence seemingly as pervasive as it was throughout the Nordic countries. The book reveals how the widespread interest in Japanese aesthetics helped to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1899g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300220117
SKU
V9780300220117
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About Gabriel P. Weisberg
Gabriel P. Weisberg is professor of art history at the University of Minnesota. Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff is chief curator of the Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki. Hanne Selkokari is chief curator at WSOY Literary Foundation in Helsinki.
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