Matchibako: Japanese Matchbook Art of the 1920s and 1930s
by Maggie Hohle
William Blake and the Art of Engraving (History of the Book, #4)
by Mei-Ying Sung
Sung closely examines William Blake's extant engraved copper plates, a previously under-used resource, and arrives at a new interpretation of his working process. Thirty-nine engraved copper plates survive, including twenty-two for illustrations for the Book of Job. Sung argues that hammer marks to the reverse of the plates point to high levels of repoussage, suggesting that Blake revised and corrected his work more than was previously thought. This belies the Romantic ideal that the acts of con...
Despite having lived through some of the most dramatic changes of the 20th century, Stanley Anderson (1884-1966) created a vision of an essentially timeless English rural tradition in his etchings and woodcuts. Anderson was a key figure in the revival of engraving in the 1920s, and the technique's exacting craftsmanship, intimate scale, and indelible sense of historicism were a stark contrast to the modernist explosion. This catalogue raisonn gathers, for the first time, the complete oeuvre of...
Chinese Popular Prints (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China, #11)
by John Lust
Chinese Popular Prints ventures into the world of Chinese blockprint illustration that had its assured niche in the rich history of Chinese popular culture from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. These prints were not considered high art in China, but were produced for the urban and rural populations. The book deals with all aspects of the Chinese popular print. In the first two chapters its invention, origins, powerful traditions and its history are described. Classical art and the Ming illu...
Coloring Book Boys (Animals Manga, #12) (Art Gifts, #4)
by Advanced Color
Traditional Woodblock Prints of Japan (Heibonsha Survey)
by Seiichiro Takahashi
