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De Gruyter 2013; US$ 119.00«extra» stellt die wichtigsten Veredelungstechniken vor: Anhand von 30 von renommierten Designern entworfenen Seiten werden die gestalterischen und technischen Besonderheiten jeder Veredelungstechnik anschaulich erklärt und ihre Einsatzmöglichkeiten aufgezeigt. Damit ist «extra» ein unverzichtbares Nachschlagewerk zum Thema Druckveredelung. more...
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De Gruyter 2013; US$ 119.00Grafikdesigner, die mit Druckveredelungen wie Blindprägung oder Strukturfolien arbeiten möchten, stehen immer wieder vor dem gleichen Problem: Es gibt keine aussagekräftigen Beispiele für die zur Verfügung stehenden Techniken. Entweder sind die Veredelungen in existierenden Büchern nur fotografisch dargestellt und nicht haptisch erfahrbar, oder es... 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...
Collecting Modern Japanese Prints
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 49.95This book contains several bodies of information. An introductory essay puts Japanese prints into historical perspective and gives a brief outline of techniques. The second section, "Then," illustrated with prints by the older masters of the twentieth century, seeks to describe how we went about putting together our collection. There should not be... 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...
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...
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...
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...
Hokusai
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95Katsushika Hokusai ist ohne Zweifel der seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts im Westen berühmteste Künstler Japans. Die Werke Hokusais spiegeln die künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen einer isolierten Kultur wider. Gleichzeitig war er einer der ersten japanischen Künstler, der in Europa Bekanntheit erlangte und großen Einfluss auf impressionistische und... more...
Utamaro
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95If sensuality had a name, it would be without a doubt Utamaro. Delicately underlining the Garden of Pleasures that once constituted Edo, Utamaro, by the richness of his fabrics, the long necks of swans, the mysterious looks, evoke in a few lines the sensual pleasure of the Orient. If some scenes betray discreetly lovers? games, a great number of his... more...









