{"product_id":"a-tale-of-two-balconies-kit-brooks-9781913875824","title":"A Tale of Two Balconies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis cleverly designed book about Katsushika Hokusai's \u003ci\u003eThe Sazaidō of Gohyakurakanji\u003c\/i\u003e and James McNeill Whistler's \u003ci\u003eVariations in Flesh Colour and Green - The Balcony, \u003c\/i\u003e also includes drawing, collage, coloring and press-out activities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a presentation that divides the book into two equal parts, \u003ci\u003eA Tale of Two Balconies\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the elements that make each of these artworks--both in the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution--unique. Exploring the depicted locations of each (in Edo Japan and Victorian England) enables deeper insight as the authors examine the idea of the balcony itself as a construct at once both private and public - creating a view and juxtaposing the different cultural domains both within and beyond the balcony railing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis stunning book is double-fronted, so readers can begin reading from either side. A carefully-designed centre section includes immersive creative activities in which readers actively engage with the themes of perspective and recollection through their own art-making activities - collage, drawing, colouring, or building a pop-out Hokusai diorama and Victorian Whistler toy theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kit Brooks, Katherine Roeder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913875822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913875824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Kit Brooks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897611510015,"sku":"9781913875824","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eaf3225a-8d94-4610-859d-5aa8e0a84409.jpg?v=1721374330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-tale-of-two-balconies-kit-brooks-9781913875824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}