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Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty
Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty
Author: Julie Nelson Davis
Utamaro reinterprets the famous Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) in the context of his times. Utamaro became one of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e, "the pictures of the floating world," in late eighteenth-century Japan, and was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women. By drawing on a wide ra...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780824831998
ISBN-10: 0824831993
Pages: 296
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Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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