Awash in color : French and Japanese prints

Resource Information

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Label

Awash in color : French and Japanese prints

Title remainder

French and Japanese prints

Statement of responsibility

Chelsea Foxwell and Anne Leonard ; with David Acton [and others]

Creator

• Foxwell, Chelsea

Contributor

• Leonard, Anne, (Anne Rachel)
• David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art
• Acton, David, 1953-

Subject

• Color prints, French
• Color prints, French -- Exhibitions
• Color prints, French -- Exhibitions
• Color prints, French -- Exhibitions
• Color prints, Japanese
• Color prints, Japanese -- Exhibitions
• Color prints, Japanese -- Exhibitions
• Color prints, Japanese -- Exhibitions
• Estampe en couleurs française -- Expositions
• Estampe en couleurs japonaise -- Expositions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Japonism -- France | Paris -- Exhibitions
• Tenrankaikatarogu
• Ukiyoe -- Europe -- Influence -- 19th century -- Exhibitions
• Ukiyoe -- Japan -- Exhibitions
• exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition

Genre

• Expositions
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibition catalogs
• exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions

Language

eng

Summary

"When Japan opened to the West in 1854, the prints known as ukiyo-e (or "images of the floating world") fascinated and delighted European audiences, especially in France where the term japonisme was coined to describe the influence of this art form. Yet this familiar narrative emphasizes the impact of one artistic culture upon another, ignoring the fact that both Japan and France had flourishing traditions of color printmaking before the opening of Japan. Awash in Color, an exhibition organized by the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, presents a new perspective on color printmaking and print technologies in both cultures, beginning well before 1854. In this exhibit catalog, the authors put forth an ambitious parallel history with more than 100 exquisite color prints and wood-block-printed books that trace the evolution of color printing technologies from the early eighteenth century through the explosion of color print techniques in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, and finally to the twentieth-century "return" of woodblock printing as seen in aesthetic movements such as European Art Deco. Distinguished contributors span a wide range of fields and provide insight and context for the work within Japanese and French art history, as well as the study of printmaking. A beautiful companion to an important exhibit, Awash in Color is essential reading--and viewing--not only for scholars of Japanese and European art, but also design enthusiasts everywhere"--Publisher description

Cataloging source

NNFr/DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs