Hardcover
1985 · New York
by Wichmann, Siegfried
New York: Harmony Books, 1985. Hardcover. VG/VG-. Minimal wear to dust jacket edges. Owner's sticker on first page, otherwise clean and tight.. Red cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover. Black & illustrated DJ, white lettering. 432 pp. 1,100 color and bw plates. "An extraordinary and important art book that combines over eleven hundred illustrations in color and black and white with text to dramatically demonstrate the impact of Japanese influrence on Western art. ... [Here] the fascinating richness and variety of Japanese culture is explored for the first time in relation to the extraordinary influence it has had on the West. Over eleven hundred fabulous illustrations make [it] the most impressive collection of Japanese and European art ever presented -- painting, architecture, calligraphy, ceramics, porcelain, woodcuts, lacquer works and decorative objects such as fans, screens, and combs." (dj).
(Inventory #: 19450)