Ideals of the East: The Spirit of Japanese Art (Dover Books on Art, Art History) Paperback - 2005
by Okakura, Kakuzo
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- Title Ideals of the East: The Spirit of Japanese Art (Dover Books on Art, Art History)
- Author Okakura, Kakuzo
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: secon
- Condition Used: Good
- Pages 106
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications
- Date 2005-03-11
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0486440249
- ISBN 9780486440248 / 0486440249
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 8.52 x 5.58 x 0.26 in (21.64 x 14.17 x 0.66 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Art, Japanese
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004058270
- Dewey Decimal Code 709.52
From the rear cover
Written by the foremost authority of the era on Oriental archeology and art, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introduction to Asian art. First published in 1883, it responded to a vogue in Western culture for a growing awareness and appreciation of Japanese artistic expressions of beauty and philosophy--a perspective that remains fresh and valid.
Author Kakuzo Okakura (1862-1913) was a co-founder of the Tokyo Fine Art School (now known as Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) and a curator of Oriental art at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. He also wrote The Book of Tea, and together with this volume, his writings rank among the most widely read English-language works about Japan. Ideals of the East wrought profound effects on the Western understanding of the internal consistencies and strengths of East Asian aesthetic traditions. One of its major themes, the connections between spirituality and the evolution of Asian art, provided English-speaking people with the earliest lucid account of Zen Buddhism and its relation to the arts.
Dover (2005) unabridged republication of the second edition of The Ideals of the East, with Special Reference to Japanese Art, originally published by E. P. Dutton and Company, New York, 1904.
