Georges Bigot and Japan, 1882-1899 : satirist, illustrator and artist extraordinaire / compiled and edited by Christian Polak with Hugh Cortazzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polak, Christian, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bigot, Georges, 1860-1927--Criticism and interpretation.

Bigot, Georges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Folkstone, Kent : Renaissance Books, 2018.

Summary:

"Incorporating over 250 illustrations, this is the first comprehensive study in English of French artist and caricaturist Georges Ferdinand Bigot (1860-1927) who during the last two decades of the nineteenth century recorded the changing face of Japan as its people, politics and preoccupations moved from their traditional cultural base to become a modern, industrialized state."--Back cover.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PART I : TWO BIOGRAPHIES

INTRODUCTION: GEORGES BIGOT – SATIRIST OF MEIJI JAPAN AND ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE

Contributors

CHARLES WIRGMAN (1835–1891): ARTIST, JOURNALIST AND CARICATURIST – FORERUNNER TO GEORGES BIGOT IN JAPAN

PART II : ALBUMS AND ENGRAVINGS

GEORGES BIGOT’S ‘ETERNAL JAPAN

PART II Continued : OILS, WATERCOLOURS, GOUACHES AND PASTELS

PART III : FROM TO– BAÉ TO THE GRAPHIC

GEORGES BIGOT’S ‘MODERN JAPAN

PART IV : FROM LA VIE EN ROSE TO TRADITIONAL PATTERNS

GEORGES BIGOT’S NEW LIFE IN FRANCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69658-9

1-04-078967-6

1-898823-76-6

9781003696582

OCLC:

1235596541