The dawn of the floating world, 1650-1765 : early ukiyo-e treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / Timothy Clark ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Timothy, 1959-

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain).

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Ukiyoe--Exhibitions.

Ukiyoe.

Painting, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868--Exhibitions.

Painting, Japanese.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston--Catalogs.

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

333 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Academy of Arts ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by H.N. Abrams, [2001]

Summary:

Of all the traditional arts of Japan, none is more popular than the delicate woodblock prints known as Ukiyo-e. This stunning volume -- and the exhibition it accompanies -- highlights early Ukiyo-e masterpieces from the renowned Bigelow Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Most of these "pictures of the floating world" have never been published before.

Forming a singular record of Japanese life, these lovely works are seen here in full color; all have been newly photographed for this volume. Essays, artist biographies, and exhaustive catalogue entries by leading scholars examine the stylistic nuances of the early masters, the techniques used by Ukiyo-e artists, and the history of the Boston collection, "the finest collection of Asian art under one roof in the world."

Notes:

"First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Dawn of the Floating World (1650-1765): Early Ukiyo-e Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston'. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 24 November 2001-17 February 2002" --T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-327) and index.

ISBN:

1903973031

1903973007

0810966441

OCLC:

48709536