Japonisme in Print: Japanese Style/Western Culture

This fourth installment of the exhibition series on Japanese prints considers the impact of Japanese color woodblock prints on the prints of European and American artists, including Mary Cassatt, Arthur Bowen Davies, Henri Rivière, and John Taylor Arms. Their works will be juxtaposed with prints by Japanese predecessors and contemporaries, including Utagawa Kunisada, Andō Hiroshige, and Kawase Hasui.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website 

Whether or not you go, Japonisme: Cultural Crossings Between Japan and the West presents the story that focuses on the human drama of personalities involved in the two-way dialogue between cultures in the latter-19th century. A gorgeously-illustrated account of an ongoing - and extraordinarily fruitful - affair between Japan and the West, the book celebrates the West's love affair with Japan and that country's reciprocal interest in the West.  The lively text is full of human interest, and is closely supported by a wealth of beautiful illustrations. "The text informs the illustrations and the illustrations inform the text".

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