A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, Asian, General Art, History, Japan
| Author: | Donald Richie | ISBN: | 9780893469740 |
| Publisher: | Stone Bridge Press | Publication: | July 1, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Stone Bridge Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Donald Richie |
| ISBN: | 9780893469740 |
| Publisher: | Stone Bridge Press |
| Publication: | July 1, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Stone Bridge Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
