Japanese Costume & Makers (eBook)

And the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition

Helen Minnich (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
374 Seiten
Tuttle Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4629-0894-3 (ISBN)

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With dozens of photographs and expertly written text, this Japanese clothing book is the authoritative guide on the kimono.Japanese Costume invites the reader to explore the world of Japans textile arts and costume decorationfrom its origins in legendary times, through its brilliant development in the intervening centuries, to its emergence into the modern era. The book which is the first in English to present the full sweep of Japanese achievement in the costume arts, is essential the story of the kimono and its evolution.The text is accompanied by a generous selection of fine illustrations and photographs: 54 in full color, 119 in black and white, and 12 line drawings. They include not only pictures from contemporary sourcessuch as the picture scrolls and woodblock prints but also photographs of kimono masterpieces and representative textiles.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2012
• Co-Autor: Shojiro Nomura
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: art of japan • Asian • asian clothes • asian clothing • asian clothing design • Japanese art • japanese art and culture • japanese art and design • japanese art book • japanese art history • japanese clothes • japanese clothing • japanese clothing design • japanese clothing patterns
• ISBN-10: 1-4629-0894-2 / 1462908942
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4629-0894-3 / 9781462908943