Japanese art

Author: Zhang Fuye
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Japanese art emphasizes inner subtlety over external brilliance, pursuing refined elegance over lavish and extravagant decoration. Its aesthetic mood of mystery and tranquility allows people to appreciate the profound beauty through focused observation. This book takes the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, applied arts, and calligraphy in Japanese culture as its main thread, exploring the natural environment, folklore, religion, aesthetics, as well as political and economic factors that influenced its growth. It comprehensively and systematically discusses the various artistic styles and characteristics formed during the emergence and evolution of Japanese art, and provides detailed introductions and analyses of significant events and key figures that impacted Japanese art.