Zuancho In Kyoto, Textile Design Books For The Kimano Trade, Rare Japanese Book
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:31079980 | Topic: Trade |
| Subject: Design | ISBN: 9780911221411 |
rare book, lists on Amazon for $168.56
Catalogue of an exhibition in the Stanford University Libraries (January 7 April 16, 2008) of Japanese woodblock-printed books of design ideas for kimono. Generously illustrated in full color with images demonstrating the changes in surface design for kimono in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (ca. 1890-1940), from a painterly style to a graphic approach characterized by kinetic lines, geometric shapes, and abstraction of t...raditional Japanese themes drawn from nature.
Catalogue of an exhibition in the Stanford University Libraries (January 7 April 16, 2008) of Japanese woodblock-printed books of design ideas for kimono. Generously illustrated in full color with images demonstrating the changes in surface design for kimono in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (ca. 1890-1940), from a painterly style to a graphic approach characterized by kinetic lines, geometric shapes, and abstraction of t...raditional Japanese themes drawn from nature.
