Erotic Japonisme: The Influence of Japanese Sexual Imagery on Western Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789004258327)

At its height in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Japonisme had a tremendous impact on Western art. In this publication, author Ricard Bru approaches the cultural phenomenon of Japonisme from an innovative standpoint. He presents an in-depth discussion of the influence of Japanese printed erotic imagery by ukiyo-e masters such as Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, and Utagawa Hiroshige on European artists, including Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso, as well as writers, critics, and collectors, such as Edmond de Goncourt, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Émile Zola. With over 160 color illustrations sourced from public and private collections, Erotic Japonisme demonstrates the rich artistic dialogue that existed between Europe and Japan.


Author: Ricard Bru
ISBN-10: 9004258329
ISBN-13: 9789004258327
Publisher: Brill Hotei
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2013
Pages: 182
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 11.60h x 9.60w x 0.60d