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Japan Style

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Japan Style is an aesthetic recognisable to everyone: a beautifully displayed flower, an elegant piece of calligraphy, or a simple rock garden, yet it is also difficult to define. Written by one of the world’s most respected scholars of Japanese art and culture, this book does... Read More
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The authoritative and wide-ranging visual essay on the aesthetics of Japan, a classic volume now back in print with a stunning new cover design

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Japan Style is an aesthetic recognisable to everyone: a beautifully displayed flower, an elegant piece of calligraphy, or a simple rock garden, yet it is also difficult to define. Written by one of the world’s most respected scholars of Japanese art and culture, this book does just that.

Through stunning images that unlock the essence of Japanese art and culture, alongside Gian Carlo Calza’s groundbreaking and insightful text, Japan Style explores specific achievements in Japanese art and architecture and offers an in-depth analysis of the whole of Japanese culture, its vision of the world and of humankind.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837290017

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 February 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Illustration: 96 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 205.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 1590g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Gian Carlo Calza is an academic researching on Asian cultures and arts and their interplay with the West. He is a leading authority in Japanese art and aesthetics, author of many books, and curator of many exhibitions in the field. He was a professor of Asian Art History at Ca Foscari University of Venice and director of the International Hokusai Research Centre in Milan. Among the most important of his books are: Tanaka Ikko, Hokusai, Ukiyo-e, and Poem of the Pillow and Other Stories, all of which were published in English by Phaidon.

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