{"product_id":"renegade-edo-and-paris-xiaojin-wu-9780932216076","title":"Renegade EDO and Paris: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA critical look at the renegade spirit that permeates Japanese prints and the posters of fin-de-si鐵le Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBoth the Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan and the late nineteenth century in France witnessed a multitude of challenges to the status quo from the rising middle class. In Edo (present-day Tokyo), townspeople pursued hedonistic lifestyles as a way of defying the state-sanctioned social hierarchy that positioned them at the bottom. Their new pastimes supplied subject matter for ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world). Many such pictures arrived in France in the 1860s, a time when French art and society were undergoing substantial changes. Fin-de-si鐵le Paris, like Edo before it, saw the rise of antiestablishment attitudes and a Bohemian subculture. As artists searched for fresh and more expressive forms, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) and his contemporaries were drawn to novel Japanese prints. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile ukiyo-e's formal influences on Toulouse-Lautrec and his peers have been well studied, the shared subversive hedonism that underlies these artworks has been less examined. Through a wide selection of Japanese prints and Toulouse-Lautrec works, this book offers a critical look at the renegade spirit inhabiting the graphic arts in both Edo and Paris, highlighting the social impulses behind a burgeoning art production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExhibition dates: Seattle Asian Art Museum, July 21-December 3, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xiaojin Wu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0932216072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780932216076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.63h x 9.29w x 0.55d","brand":"Xiaojin Wu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159599444223,"sku":"9780932216076","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11ce4cab-8453-4b33-a8ab-c19a54993bc3.jpg?v=1689083570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/renegade-edo-and-paris-xiaojin-wu-9780932216076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}