The art of the Japanese folding screen : the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Ashmolean Museum

Name/Title

The art of the Japanese folding screen : the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Ashmolean Museum

Entry/Object ID

NK1071.I47 1997

Description

The design of the Japanese folding screen is one of the great art devices in decorative arts. Its history, schools of painting, the artists are explored in this elegant publication wherein the golds, reds and greens reflect as accurately as possible on the printed page the actual screens.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Suzanne Stassevitch

Notes

Gift of Suzanne Stassevitch, August 2022.

Lexicon

Search Terms

art--japan, decorative arts--japan, painting, japanese, screen painting, japanese, screens

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Oliver Impey

Publisher

Weatherhill, Ashmolean Museum

Place Published

City

New York, Oxford

Date Published

1997

ISBN

1854440810

Notes

Length: 111