A Tractate On Japanese Aesthetics
by Richie, Donald
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- Paperback
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Stone Bridge Press 2007. 18 x 12.5cm, 79pp, softcover, very good. This book on beauty in Japanese art is written in the manner of a zuihitsu, a free ranging assortment of ideas that "follow the brush wherever it leads" The author looks at how perceptual values in Japan were drawn from pure nature & then modified by elegant expressions of class & taste.He explains the concepts of wabi sabi, aware and yugen and explores their relevance in contemporary art, culture and society.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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- THE CROSS Art + Books (AU)
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- Title
- A Tractate On Japanese Aesthetics
- Author
- Richie, Donald
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Stone Bridge Press 2007
- Keywords
- japan art
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.