Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty
Revised and Expanded Second Edition
Seiten
2021
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2nd edition
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-235-8 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-235-8 (ISBN)
A richly illustrated exploration of gender, identity, sexuality and celebrity in Edo-period Japan.
Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) was one of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e, ‘pictures of the floating world’, in late eighteenth-century Japan, and was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women. In this book, Julie Nelson Davis draws on a wide range of period sources, makes a close study of selected print sets and reinterprets Utamaro in the context of his times. Offering a new approach to issues of the status of the artist and the construction of gender, identity, sexuality and celebrity in the Edo period, and now in an updated edition containing a new preface and many new images, this book is a significant contribution to the field, and will be a key work for readers interested in Japanese arts and cultures.
Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) was one of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e, ‘pictures of the floating world’, in late eighteenth-century Japan, and was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women. In this book, Julie Nelson Davis draws on a wide range of period sources, makes a close study of selected print sets and reinterprets Utamaro in the context of his times. Offering a new approach to issues of the status of the artist and the construction of gender, identity, sexuality and celebrity in the Edo period, and now in an updated edition containing a new preface and many new images, this book is a significant contribution to the field, and will be a key work for readers interested in Japanese arts and cultures.
Julie Nelson Davis is Professor of the History of Art (Modern East Asian) at the University of Pennsylvania.
Introduction: Utamaro, Ukiyo-e and the City of Prints
1 Constructing the Artist Known as Utamaro
2 `Pictures of Beauties' and Other Social Physiognomies
3 Behind the Brocade and Other Yoshiwara Illusions
4 Utamaro and the Feminine Spectacle
5 Making History into the Pageant of the Floating World
References
Works Cited
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.06.2020 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 138 illustrations, 121 in colour |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 190 x 250 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78914-235-0 / 1789142350 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-235-8 / 9781789142358 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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