Forrer Matthi Introduction (3 results)

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Quarto, 132 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Illustrated spine with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. General shelf wear. Barcode sticker adhered to rear cover. Red stamp to front free endpaper, bleeding onto front inner flap of dust jacket and front pastedown. Light age toning throughout textblock. Shelved in Japan. 1413329. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. English text., Paperback.; 24 x 30 cm.; 0.8 kg.; 128 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows edge wear, wear marks, scuffs and scratches. Small bump at the bottom of the spine. Interior with an ex-library sticker glued to front page. Remaining interior with minor signs of wear.; Catalogue from the exhibition Wonders of Imperial Japan: Meiji Art from the Khalili collection held at Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 7 July 2006 22 October 2006 and Kunsthalle Krems, Austria, 25 February 2007 3 June 2007.; Wonders of Imperial Japan. Meiji art from the Khalili collection tells of an artistic tornado, narrating how in the second half of the 19th century Meiji art of Japan took the Western world by storm. World exhibition visitors of those days, attending the shows in cities such as Amsterdam, Chicago, Philadelphia and Vienna, encountered for the first time the magnificence of Japanese decorative art. They came face to face with huge bronzes, tall vases covered with breathtakingly beautiful decoration, or exquisite small objects, lacquered boxes, soothing unfussy drawings, incense burners breathing repose. People were enchanted. In this book, art historians Kris Schiermeier and Matthi Forrer focus upon the chief characteristics of Meiji art, set in its historical context. After a brief survey of decorative art, they move on to a detailed discussion of the different techniques and motifs that play a major part in Meiji art. The collection of Professor Nasser D. Khalili embraces over 2,000 objects from the Meiji period, all of them pieces of exceptional artistic and technical quality. This book illustrates some of the most splendid examples from the collection. Axel Ruger, director of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, outlines in his introduction the close ties existing between the museum and Japanese prints, and describes how Van Gogh came in contact with this art form.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) : 30 cm. Portrays a selection of over 200 major items from the worlds largest and most varied private collections of Japanese Meiji art. This book coincides with the exhibition held at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.