<p>Chronicles the 20th-century shin-hanga ("new prints") movement of Japanese woodblock printing, based on an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art between January and June 1996. Includes many high-quality color and b&amp;w illustrations, and essays on specific images, the cultural and historical context of the images, and the history of critical evaluation of shin-hanga , plus an exhibition checklist. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.</p>

Shin-Hanga: New Prints in Modern Japan

Arts & Photography

Kendall H. Brown

Hollis Goodall-Cristante

History & Criticism

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Art of the Japanese Postcard

From the late 19th to the early 20th century, Japan was a world centre for postcard art. Often designed by prominent artists, these postcards are astonishing for their beauty and the quality of their printing. Drawing on the Leonard A Lauder collection at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, this handsome book presents 300 reproductions of these beautiful pieces of graphic art, with brief artist biographies and essays by leading scholars exploring their design, development and function.

J. Thomas Rimer

Anne Nishimura Morse

Lund Humphries

<p>"Layers of Brilliance" features the tools used by Japanese makers of everyday lacquer objects. Messy in their appearance, these seemingly humble objects also "mess" with, or disturb, the distinction between the processual work of art and the finished work of art. Many of these pieces are uncertain and unstable in their identity. As a group, they belong to-and thus mediate between-the categories of the functional instrument used in the craft process and the aestheticized and theorized art object meant to be collected and thus exhibited. As implements of prolonged use, these humble, functional boards, bowls, buckets, drawers, and shelves were deployed to produce everyday lacquered items like bowls and cups. Today, in their myriad colorful drips and accumulated layers of viscous texture, they bear witness to the countless lacquered objects created from them.</p>

Layers of Brilliance: The Journey of Japanese Lacquer Tools

Mingei International Museum

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