{"product_id":"a-floating-world-stephan-von-der-schulenburg-9783753307145","title":"A Floating World: Impermanence and Motion in Japanese Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA marvelously illustrated volume demonstrating how Japanese art permeates and comments on the changes and uncertainties of existence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeathered, centuries-old wooden sculptures. A broken tea bowl, repaired with gold lacquer. Hokusai's \u003ci\u003eGreat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e: an archetypal expression of beauty and mortal danger. All these elements are found in \u003ci\u003eA Floating World\u003c\/i\u003e, accompanying a 2025 exhibition at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany. Priceless items held by the museum are complemented by the works of contemporary artists, portraying Japan as a nation that has created 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. Also in this stunning volume are images depicting human life with and on the water, cherry blossom festivals and courtly butterfly dances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephan Von Der Schulenburg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3753307149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783753307145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walther Konig Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Stephan Von Der Schulenburg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974682824959,"sku":"9783753307145","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_550c01e1-3ebb-4322-81b6-bdb1a2d56472.jpg?v=1750875755","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-floating-world-stephan-von-der-schulenburg-9783753307145","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}