A floating world : impermanence and motion in Japanese art /
Weathered, centuries-old wooden sculptures. A broken tea bowl, repaired with gold lacquer. Hokusai's Great Wave: an archetypal expression of beauty and mortal danger. All these elements are found in A Floating World, accompanying a 2025 exhibition at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, Ge...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König ;
[2025]
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| Summary: | Weathered, centuries-old wooden sculptures. A broken tea bowl, repaired with gold lacquer. Hokusai's Great Wave: an archetypal expression of beauty and mortal danger. All these elements are found in A Floating World, accompanying a 2025 exhibition at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany. Priceless items held by the museum are complemented by the works of contemporary artists, portraying Japan as a nation that has created a unique aesthetic language of the ephemeral. In a place where earthquakes, tsunamis and human-made catastrophes can snatch away life at any moment, an art flourishes that is in constant awareness of the precious fragility of our existence--in a breathtakingly beautiful, quiet and fascinating celebration of transience. Also in this stunning volume are images depicting human life with and on the water, cherry blossom festivals and courtly butterfly dances. |
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| Item Description: | On the occasion of an exhibition held at Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, January 31 -April 27, 2025. |
| Physical Description: | 225 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783753307145 3753307149 |