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Japonisme in Britain: Whistler, Menpes, Henry, Hornel and nineteenth-century Japan

Japonisme in Britain: Whistler, Menpes, Henry, Hornel and nineteenth-century Japan

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Art HistoryAsian ArtBritish History

ISBN10: 0415296862
ISBN13: 9780415296861
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 20 2003
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.36 Depth: 9.46
Language: English

Japan held a profound fascination for western artists in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the influence of Japonisme on western art was pervasive. Paradoxically, just as western artists were beginning to find inspiration in Japan and Japanese art, Japan was opening to the western world and beginning a process of thorough modernisation, some have said westernisation. The mastery of western art was included in the programme.

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