Colour Library Japanese Colour Prints

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Japanese prints are probably the most popular form of art from the East that has become known to the West. These images of oriental life & thought have continued to delight Europe & America since they were first seen outside Japan in the mid-nineteenth century. This book presents a succession of great masters from Moronobu in the late seventeenth century to Hokusai & Hiroshige in the nineteenth. This is part of the Phaidon Colour Library series which acts as an introduction to key artists & movements in art history. 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, & numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black & white, a concise introduction, select bibliography & detailed source information for the images. Written by J Hillier. 128 pages. 300 x 226mm.