Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty

Revised and Expanded Second Edition

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Julie Nelson Davis, Julie Nelson Davis

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-01-18
Mått190 x 250 x 23 mm
Vikt980 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
Upplaga2
FörlagReaktion Books
ISBN9781789142358

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By offering [a] new approach to the constructions of identity, to the roles of gender, sexuality and celebrity in the Edo period, Davis here makes a significant contribution to the field in showing us the constructed nature of the spectacle of beauty . . . her publishers have done her proud. Reaktion Books are always beautifully designed and this one, with its full-colour illustrations from all the Utamaro series, its art paper and its elegant binding is one of the best.