A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, Asian, General Art, History, Japan
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Author: Donald Richie ISBN: 9780893469740
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Publication: July 1, 2007
Imprint: Stone Bridge Press Language: English
Author: Donald Richie
ISBN: 9780893469740
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Publication: July 1, 2007
Imprint: Stone Bridge Press
Language: English

This provocative book is a tractate—a treatise—on beauty in Japanese art, written in the manner of a zuihitsu, a free-ranging assortment of ideas that “follow the brush” wherever it leads. Donald Richie looks at how perceptual values in Japan were drawn from raw nature and then modified by elegant expressions of class and taste. He explains aesthetic concepts like wabi, sabi, aware, and yugen, and ponders their relevance in art and cinema today.

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This provocative book is a tractate—a treatise—on beauty in Japanese art, written in the manner of a zuihitsu, a free-ranging assortment of ideas that “follow the brush” wherever it leads. Donald Richie looks at how perceptual values in Japan were drawn from raw nature and then modified by elegant expressions of class and taste. He explains aesthetic concepts like wabi, sabi, aware, and yugen, and ponders their relevance in art and cinema today.

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