{"product_id":"a-floating-world-9783753307145","title":"A Floating World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tribute to the diverse artistic expressions of the ephemeral nature of life in Japanese art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom weathered, centuries-old wooden sculptures and broken tea bowls repaired with gold lacquer to paintings and woodcuts depicting cherry blossom festivals and man's relationship with water in all its forms, \u003cem\u003eA Floating World\u003c\/em\u003e presents Japan as a nation with a unique aesthetic language of the ephemeral. In a place where earthquakes, tsunamis, and human-made catastrophes can snatch away life at any moment, an art flourishes that is in constant awareness of the precious fragility of our existence—in a breathtakingly beautiful, quiet, and fascinating celebration of transience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis restless, dynamic, and ultimately deeply relaxed way of life, which finds parallels in the ancient Greek and Roman concepts of \u003cem\u003epanta rhei\u003c\/em\u003e (everything flows) and \u003cem\u003ecarpe diem\u003c\/em\u003e (seize the day), finds its expression in the diverse works gathered in this catalogue, and accompanying exhibition at the Museum Angewandte Kunst.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 14th-century sculptures, through Hokusai's Great Wave and up to bold contemporary painting and photography, \u003cem\u003eA Floating World\u003c\/em\u003e is an elegant testimony to motion and impermanence in Japanese art and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362506490092,"sku":"9783753307145","price":72.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9547493483524.jpg?v=1772885161","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-floating-world-9783753307145","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}