Erotic Japonisme : the influence of Japanese sexual imagery on Western art

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Erotic Japonisme : the influence of Japanese sexual imagery on Western art

Ricard Bru ; [translation from Spanish Amalia Ran]

Hotei Publishing, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-171) and index

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At its height in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Japonisme had a tremendous impact on Western art. In this publication, author Ricard Bru approaches the cultural phenomenon of Japonisme from an innovative standpoint. He presents an in-depth discussion of the influence of Japanese printed erotic imagery by ukiyo-e masters such as Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, and Utagawa Hiroshige on European artists, including Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso, as well as writers, critics, and collectors, such as Edmond de Goncourt, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Emile Zola. With over 160 color illustrations sourced from public and private collections, Erotic Japonisme demonstrates the rich artistic dialogue that existed between Europe and Japan.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Notes to the Reader Introduction The Eighteenth Century and Romantic Orientalism The Arrival and First Appraisals of Shunga in Mid Nineteenth-Century Europe 1 The Western Encounter with Shunga The Early European Discovery of Shunga Sporadic Encounters During the Edo Period The Opening of Japan and the Spread of Shunga in Europe 2 Collections of Japanese Erotic Art in Europe and Their Dissemination The First Parisian Collectors Shunga in Western Publications 3 The Impact of Shunga on European Art The Appeal to Artists The French Milieu Octopuses of Pleasure and Death The Belgian Case The British Contribution The European Diffusion of Shunga at the Turn of the Century Shunga as an Enduring Influence in Twentieth-Century Art Epilogue Endnotes Bibliography Photography Credits Index

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