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Hiroshige: Landscape, Cityscape: Woodblock Prints in the Ashmolean Museum
Clare Pollard
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Description for Hiroshige: Landscape, Cityscape: Woodblock Prints in the Ashmolean Museum
Paperback. Illustrated discussion of over 50 prints from the Ashmolean Museum's collection serving as an introduction to the life and work of Utagawa Hiroshige. The art and process of Japanese wood-block print making is also covered. Num Pages: 160 pages, 107 colour. BIC Classification: ACBP; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 680.
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) is one of the best known of all Japanese woodblock print designers. He is particularly renowned for his landscape prints, which are among the most frequently reproduced of all Japanese works of art. Hiroshige's landscape prints were hugely successful both in Japan and in the West. Their unusual compositions, humorous depictions of people involved in everyday activities and masterly expression of weather, light and seasons, proved enormously influential on many leading European artists. Aimed at a general audience, this book illustrates and discusses 53 Hiroshige landscape prints in the Ashmolean Museum's collection and explores their historical background. ... Read more
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) is one of the best known of all Japanese woodblock print designers. He is particularly renowned for his landscape prints, which are among the most frequently reproduced of all Japanese works of art. Hiroshige's landscape prints were hugely successful both in Japan and in the West. Their unusual compositions, humorous depictions of people involved in everyday activities and masterly expression of weather, light and seasons, proved enormously influential on many leading European artists. Aimed at a general audience, this book illustrates and discusses 53 Hiroshige landscape prints in the Ashmolean Museum's collection and explores their historical background. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ashmolean Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
680g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854442956
SKU
V9781854442956
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About Clare Pollard
Clare Pollard is Curator of Japanese Art at the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Mitsuko Ito Watanabe is Assistant Director at the Oxford Centre for Asian Archaeology, Art and Culture and Research Associate in the Ashmolean Museum's Department of Eastern Art.
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