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Making Prints from Nature
Storey Publishing, LLC 1997; US$ 3.95Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence... more...
The Making of a Japanese Print
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99Woodblock printing is at the same time a very simple and a very complicated art. It is simple by modern standards because no machinery, not even a press, is used. The finished print in this book and the pages which so graphically present its development in color are produced by photo-offset from original woodblocks. more...
Botanical Prints
TAJ Books International 2013; US$ 4.39The earliest botanical illustrations are found inancient herbalspractical works of knowledge, written to pass on crucial information about how to heal the sick. Around the time of the Renaissance, however, flowers began to be more generally appreciated for their beauty, so talented artists set about capturing their magic. Botanical illustration... more...
Ukiyo-e
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 34.95Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") is an art form that originated in the metropolitan culture of Edo (Tokyo) in the early seventeenth century and involved collaboration between artist, carver, printer and publisher. Printed on fragile paper using a technique of woodcut or woodblock printing, the early black and white designs soon gave way... more...
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 49.95Japanese woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e , are the most recognizable Japanese art form. Their massive popularity has spread from Japan to be embraced by a worldwide audience. Covering the period from the beginning of the Japanese woodblock print in the 1680s until the year 1900, Japanese Woodblock Prints provides a detailed survey of all the major... more...
The Modern Japanese Print
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 29.95Originally published in 1962 in a limited edition of 475 copies, The Modern Japanese PrintAn Appreciation soon became a collector's item. Included in the folio-sized volume were ten original woodblock prints by contemporary Japanese artists. The idea for this unique presentation had originated with James Michener who hoped to assist this little... more...
Gwen Raverat
Random House 2010; US$ 26.69'The best of these Darwins is that they are cut out of rock - three taps is enough to convince one how immense is their solidarity.' So wrote Virginia Woolf affectionately of Gwen Raverat, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin. In this first full biography, Frances Spalding looks beyond the artist Gwen Raverat's childhood memoir; Period Piece... more...
Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 19.95Western art-lovers and students of the Orient have long championed the glories of traditional Japanese art. Almost unknown to the West, however, a relatively new and most active school of Japanese artists has for three generations been turning out some of the most exciting work to appear on the world's artistic horizon in many years?the modern Japanese... more...
Hiroshige
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 5.00This book contains 120 of Hiroshige?s most amazing prints and combines them with valuable comments. Its didactic structure enables the reader to become easily acquainted with the impressive work of a famous Japanese artist. Small and practical in format, Mega Square Hiroshige makes an ideal gift. more...
Hiroshige
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 5.00Este libro reúne 120 de los grabados más impresionantes de Hiroshige, acompañados de brillantes comentarios. Su estructura didáctica permite al lector familiarizarse sin esfuerzo con la magnífica obra de este famoso artista japonés. El volumen de Mega Square Hiroshige, con un formato práctico y compacto, constituye un regalo ideal. more...









