Book Description
Works by artists of the Japan Craft Arts Association, the Nitten World, and independent artists.
Author : Robert T. Coffland
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Bamboo baskets
ISBN : 9781878529671
Works by artists of the Japan Craft Arts Association, the Nitten World, and independent artists.
Author : Masanori Moroyama
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,67 MB
Release : 2007-07-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Once neglected in the West, Japanese basketry now claims a loyal following among art lovers, collectors, and craftspeople in the United States and Europe. Japanese Basketry acknowledges this growing interest by presenting a stunning array of the best baskets to come out of Japan in the last 150 years....[and] frames the pieces in a wealth of original material, beginning with a preface by pioneer collector Lloyd Cotsen -- from book jacket.
Author : Kazuko Todate
Publisher : MFA Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,56 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780878468058
Sculptural beauty and technical flair highlight Japanese ceramics and baskets from the Snider Collection The blossoming of contemporary crafts in Japan that began in the twentieth century is rooted in a long and rich tradition of exquisite design and technical accomplishment. Featuring some 100 works by close to 60 artists, Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo showcases the range of creative approaches in Japanese ceramics and bamboo art beginning in the postwar period and focusing on the past three decades. Some artists choose to break out of the bounds of vessel shapes to create wildly sculptural forms, whereas others choose to pursue individual expression through more nuanced approaches. All engage in dialogue with their materials as well as with traditional forms, functions, and techniques. The works that spring from their hands--delicate or monumental, humorous or spiritual, rustic or sophisticated--testify to the vitality of the contemporary crafts movement and to the marvelous variety of artistic achievement it has fostered. Enhanced with historical and biographical essays by a leading expert on Japanese crafts, Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo provides a fascinating tour of contemporary ceramic and bamboo arts in Japan as well as an introduction to the riches of the Mary Ann and Stanley Snider Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Author : Nancy Moore Bess
Publisher : Kodansha International
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,47 MB
Release : 2001-05-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9784770025104
This is a fully illustrated guide to the art, craft and design of bamboo, as demonstrated by the Japanese. It demonstrates how to use inexpensive materials to create sophisticated effects in the home and garden. A list of bamboo collections, gardens and research sources is included. For centuries, bamboo has fascinated legions of craftspeople, plant lovers and devotees of the handcrafted object. And nowhere is bamboo used more elegantly and distinctly than in Japan. Its presence touches every part of daily life-art, crafts, design, literature, and food. Its beauty
Author : Lloyd Cotsen
Publisher : Art Media Resources
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 1999
Category :
ISBN : 9781878529596
Japanese Bamboo Baskets: Masterworks of Form and Texture surveys nineteenth- and twentieth-century baskets of Japan, their place in history, and the elevation of bamboo craft work to an art form. It features more than 250 illustrations of selections from the largest known collection of Japanese flower baskets. This is the first book in English to examine bamboo baskets as modern sculptural masterpieces as well as chronicle the development of Japanese flower-arranging baskets from utilitarian containers through their subsequent transformation into art. At the heart of this volume are dramatic portraits of works in the Cotsen Collection. Full-page and double-page illustrations abound. Large-scale details and second views evoke the forms, textures and three-dimensionality Of the baskets, revealing their monumentality and the architecture of their construction. The baskets illustrated were selected primarily for their visual qualities, and are organized by region. They rage from 1890s examples by the first basket maker who signed his work to 1990s creations by leading bamboo crafts artists. Pieces by all those who have been made Living National Treasures are included. This book is filled with new information and superlative works of art. It will be treasured by anyone who has known the joy of holding a rough-woven basket or admired the delicate tracery of bamboo strips in a contemporary work of bamboo art.
Author : Joe Earle
Publisher : Japan Society Gallery
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN :
This title celebrates contemporary Japanese bamboo masters whose imaginative new works are changing the definition of basketry.
Author : Andreas Marks
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,80 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780966285987
Issued in connection with an exhibition organized by the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture and International Arts & Artists, held Nov. 13, 2012-Feb. 3, 2013, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, and at four other institutions at later dates.
Author : Miho Sauser
Publisher : Acc Art Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 21,8 MB
Release : 2021-06-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781788841139
* New monograph on bamboo artist Tanabe Chiku'unsai IV* Reveres the long tradition of bamboo art in Japan* A detailed exploration of Chiku'unsai IV's life and motivations* Exclusive insights into the working methods of a master craftsman* Chiku'unsai IV has exhibited at TAI Modern, Mingei Gallery and the Metropolitan, among many moreThe bamboo: tall, strong and flexible. This fast-growing shoot has been used as a construction material, a foodstuff and fuel for millennia, from India to Japan. Tanabe Chiku'unsai IV's art elevates bamboo to new heights. By weaving together small pieces of fibrous stalk, he creates vast, detailed sculptures without the use of rivets or adhesives. Under Chiku'unsai IV's skilled craftsmanship, bamboo is more than a functional tool: it is modern art, a unifying symbol of Japanese culture. His sculptures revere traditional workmanship, while conveying important contemporary messages - the codependence of nature and man, and the importance of protecting our environment. Part autobiography, part introduction to the craft, this monograph follows Chiku'unsai IV's growth from a child marveling at his grandfather's mastery of bamboo, to a maestro in his own right. Bamboo weaves his past to his present, providing a sturdy foundation on which his art continues to build. "Love bamboos, live with bamboos," says Chiku'unsai IV. As this book demonstrates, he has done precisely that.
Author : Helen Merritt
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 45,57 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780824817329
"[An] impressive volume, with a valuable amount of information not otherwise available in one source." --Choice Companion volume to Merritt's Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints. This volume is a reference work that is both comprehensive and rigorously chronological.
Author :
Publisher : 5Continents
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,97 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788874397815
"A homage to nature and to a long tradition of Japanese craftsmanship, Godai is a large-scale temporary bamboo installation by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV. Like all the works of this artist, this new creation balances tradition with modernity. Like an organic architectural form, Godai emanates a keen positive energy, forcefully captured in the photographs of Tadayuki Minamoto, taken in Paris during the exhibition at the Musee national des Arts asiatiques." -- Book jacket.