One hundred views of Edo : woodblock prints by Ando Hiroshige / Mikhail Uspensky ; [translate[d] from the Russian by Paul Williams ; edited by Tatyana Mordkova, Natalia Smaznova and Valery Fateyev (English text)].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uspenskiĭ, M. V. (Mikhail Vladimirovich)

Contributor:

Gilbert, Shirley, and Marilyn Luber Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Williams, Paul, translator.

Mordkova, Tatyana.

Smaznova, Natalia.

Fateyev, Valery.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858.

Andō, Hiroshige.

Tokyo (Japan) in art.

Ukiyoe.

Penn Provenance:

Luber, Gilbert, -1999 (bookplate) (former owner)

Luber, Shirley (bookplate) (former owner)

Shofuso Japanese House and Garden (donor)

Physical Description:

262 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm

Place of Publication:

Bournemouth, England : Parkstone Press, [1997]

Summary:

The hundred views of Edo is one of the most famous artistic productions of all times. The arts of Ukiyo-e were the expression of a singular and isolated civilisation. It had considerable influence on European art, and both Monet and Van Gogh drew much inspiration from it.

The sets of prints emanating from Edo, many of them take as subjects views on the Tokaido road, rendered him famous and early European visitors began buying and bringing them back to Europe, setting off a trend for Japanese art.

The compositions in this series of prints never repeat themselves and are of astonishing diversity. The contrast of planes, the richness of motifs and the splendour of the colours, reveal the extraordinary talent of Hiroshige.

ISBN:

1859953301

9781859953303

OCLC:

38881622