Hiroshige by Matthi Forrer

Hiroshige by Matthi Forrer

This lavishly produced authoritative monograph presents an in-depth view of the life and work of Utagawa Hiroshige, one of Japan's most revered artists. Presented in a style as stunning as the prints it celebrates, this survey of Hiroshige tells the fascinating story of the last great practitioner of ukiyo-e, or pictures of the floating world. Hiroshige is considered to be the tradition's most poetic artist and his work had a marked influence on Western painting towards the end of the 19th century. Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Paul C zanne, and James Whistler were inspired by Hiroshige's serene depictions of the natural world. Arranged chronologically, this book illustrates through text and magnificent reproductions Hiroshige's youth and early career; his artistic development in the genre of landscape prints; his depictions of Edo and the provinces; the flower and bird prints; and his many popular books and paintings. It discusses the historic and cultural environment in which Hiroshige flourished and the many reasons his art continues to be revered and imitated. Filled with 300 color reproductions, and featuring a clamshell box and Japanese-style binding, this volume is destined to become the definitive examination of Hiroshige's oeuvre.

Matthi Forrer is a freelance curator and former Curator of Japanese Art at the Netherlands' National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. He is the author of several works on Hokusai and Japanese art, including Prestel's Hokusai and Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings.

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ISBN 13	9783791318608
ISBN 10	3791318608
Title	Hiroshige
Author	Matthi Forrer
Series	African Asian And Oceanic Art S
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Prestel
Year published	1997-07-01
Number of pages	254
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