High Victorian Japonisme

Download or read book High Victorian Japonisme written by Toshio Watanabe and published by Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book demonstrates the importance of Britain in the early dissemination of Japanese art in the West and analyses British reactions to Japanese art, both theoretical and artistic. This book differs from most others on Japonisme in that it deals with Britain rather than France and is concerned with an early period. It discusses design as well as fine art, gives the first comprehensive account of the debate among Victorian design theorists on Japanese art and utilises a wealth of little-known source material. It also proposes a radically new interpretation of Whistler's Japonisme.