Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art in the 19th and 20th Centuries
by Wichmann, Siegfried
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG-. Minimal wear to dust jacket edges. Owner's sticker on first page, otherwise clean and tight.
- ISBN 10
- 0517479761
- ISBN 13
- 9780517479766
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harmony Books, 1985. Hardcover. VG/VG-. Minimal wear to dust jacket edges. Owner's sticker on first page, otherwise clean and tight.. Red cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover. Black & illustrated DJ, white lettering. 432 pp. 1,100 color and bw plates. "An extraordinary and important art book that combines over eleven hundred illustrations in color and black and white with text to dramatically demonstrate the impact of Japanese influrence on Western art. ... [Here] the fascinating richness and variety of Japanese culture is explored for the first time in relation to the extraordinary influence it has had on the West. Over eleven hundred fabulous illustrations make [it] the most impressive collection of Japanese and European art ever presented -- painting, architecture, calligraphy, ceramics, porcelain, woodcuts, lacquer works and decorative objects such as fans, screens, and combs." (dj).
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19450
- Title
- Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art in the 19th and 20th Centuries
- Author
- Wichmann, Siegfried
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG-. Minimal wear to dust jacket edges. Owner's sticker on first page, otherwise clean and tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0517479761
- ISBN 13
- 9780517479766
- Publisher
- Harmony Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- European Art; Japanese Art; Western Art ; Japonisme ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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