Power Search
Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics
Contributor(s): Richie, Donald (Author)

View larger image

 ISBN: 1933330236     ISBN-13: 9781933330235
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Retail: $9.95OUR PRICE: $7.26  
  Buy 25 or more:OUR PRICE: $6.67   Save More!
  Buy 100 or more:OUR PRICE: $6.37   Save More!


  WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD!   Click here for our low price guarantee

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2007
Qty:

Annotation: This provocative book is a tractate-a treatise-on beauty in Japanese art, written in the manner of a zuihitsu, a free-ranging assortment of ideas that "follow the brush" wherever it leads. Donald Richie looks at how perceptual values in Japan were drawn from raw nature and then modified by elegant expressions of class and taste. He explains aesthetic concepts like wabi, sabi, aware, and yugen, and ponders their relevance in art and cinema today.

Donald Richie is the foremost explorer of Japanese culture in English, and this work is the culmination of sixty years of observing and writing from his home in Tokyo.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Aesthetics
- Art | Criticism & Theory
- Art | Asian - Japanese
Dewey: 111.850
LCCN: 2007017228
Physical Information: 0.24" H x 5.45" W x 7.09" L (0.18 lbs) 80 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Japanese
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

This provocative book is a tractate--a treatise--on beauty in Japanese art, written in the manner of a zuihitsu, a free-ranging assortment of ideas that "follow the brush" wherever it leads. Donald Richie looks at how perceptual values in Japan were drawn from raw nature and then modified by elegant expressions of class and taste. He explains aesthetic concepts like wabi, sabi, aware, and yugen, and ponders their relevance in art and cinema today.

Donald Richie is the foremost explorer of Japanese culture in English, and this work is the culmination of sixty years of observing and writing from his home in Tokyo.
 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!