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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherV&A Publishing
ISBN-101851773150
ISBN-139781851773152
eBay Product ID (ePID)1948524
Product Key Features
Book TitleJapanese Art and Design
Number of Pages220 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Linguistics / General
Publication Year2001
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, Art, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorJoe Earle, Joe Apele
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight35.5 Oz
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width8.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal709.5/2
SynopsisOriginally published for the opening of the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese art at the Victoria & Albert Museum, this book celebrates and sets in context many of its greatest treasures.....The Musuem's superb Japanese holdings, acquired over a period of one hundred and fifty years, started with the international exhibitions of the second half of the nineteenth century and the great private collections formed in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth. More recently they have been extended by the purchase of major pieces including exciting contemporary works by leading artists.....The result is an unrivalled panorama of Japan's achievements in art and design from the earliest times, with particular emphasis on ceramics, lacquer, textiles, prints and metalwork of the last four centuries., Originally published for the opening of the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, this book celebrates and sets in context many of its greatest treasures., Originally published for the opening of the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese art at the Victoria & Albert Museum, this book celebrates and sets in context many of its greatest treasures. The Musuem's superb Japanese holdings, acquired over a period of one hundred and fifty years, started with the international exhibitions of the second half of the nineteenth century and the great private collections formed in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth. More recently they have been extended by the purchase of major pieces including exciting contemporary works by leading artists. The result is an unrivalled panorama of Japan's achievements in art and design from the earliest times, with particular emphasis on ceramics, lacquer, textiles, prints and metalwork of the last four centuries.