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Hiroshige – One of the the most famous Japanese artistic productions
The art of the Ukiyo-e reflected the artistic expression of an isolated civilisation which, when it became accessible to the West, significantly influenced a number of European artists. The three masters of Ukiyo-e: Hokusai, Utamaro and Hiroshige, are united here for the first time to create a true reference on Japanese art.
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Central Asian Art – A cultural heritage with its mosques, mausoleums, madrasahs, and minarets
There are magnificent, full-colour photographs of the abandoned cities of Mervand Urgench, Khiva, the capital of the Kharezm, with its mausoleum of Sheikh Seid Allahuddin,and, the Golden Road to Samarkand, the Blue City, a center of civilisation for 2,500 years.
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Hokusai – Japan’s most internationally-renowned artist, a master of Ukiyo-e art
His style of art and subject evolved as many times as he changed his name, but Hokusai’s talent as an artist remained constant and his influential role in later art movements such as Art Nouveau and Impressionism remains eternal.
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Porcelana china: de vajilla a obra de arte
En lo primero que pensé cuando supe que tenía que escribir este blog fue en mi abuela y en las figuritas de Lladró que, como cualquier abuela que se precie, tenía en su casa. Luego pensé en las ensaladeras de mi madre, de cerámica de Muel, cuya tradición viene del siglo XIV. Creo que esto último se acerca más al concepto de la porcelana china. Porque ¿cuándo un plato deja de ser un plato para convertirse en obra de arte? ¿es sólo porque ha conseguido superar la prueba de los siglos sin romperse? Tal vez sea por mi concepto práctico de las cosas, para mí la vajilla puede ser bonita,…
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Is china called china because it’s from China?
Do you have any strong feelings about Chinese porcelain? Because I don’t. And when I wrote to my friends to ask them for some inspiration, neither did they. (One friend told me he found it ‘irresistibly erotic’, but if you ask a stupid question…) My point is, when I found out that, as part of a celebration to mark Frederick the Great of Prussia’s 300th birthday (posthumously, I might add), the Museen Dahlem is exhibiting his collection of Chinese Porcelain pieces, I was a bit… ambivalent. I can’t even bring myself to hate the idea, that’s how little I care about Chinese porcelain, or indeed porcelain in general. Maybe it’s…
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