Floating World, a: Impermanence and Motion in Japanese Art
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Author: von der Schulenburg, Stephan
Weathered, centuries-old wooden sculptures, a broken tea bowl, repaired with gold lacquer, Hokusai's Great Wave. All these elements are found in 'A Floating World', accompanying a 2025 exhibition at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany. Priceless items held by the museum are complemented by the works of contemporary artists, portraying Japan as a nation that has created a unique aesthetic language of the ephemeral.In a place where earthquakes, tsunamis and human-made catastrophes can snatch away life at any moment, an art flourishes that is in constant awareness of the precious fragility of our existence—in a breathtakingly beautiful, quiet and fascinating celebration of transience. Also in this stunning volume are images depicting human life with and on the water, cherry blossom festivals and courtly butterfly dances.
ISBN 9783753307145. Walther König, Köln. pb. 225 pages. 128 colour, 16 b/w ills. 24.8 x 32.4 cm.
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Weathered, centuries-old wooden sculptures, a broken tea bowl, repaired with gold lacquer, Hokusai's Great Wave. All these elements are found in 'A Floating World', accompanying a 2025 exhibition at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany. Priceless items held by the museum are complemented by the works of contemporary artists, portraying Japan as a nation that has created a unique aesthetic language of the ephemeral.In a place where earthquakes, tsunamis and human-made catastrophes can snatch away life at any moment, an art flourishes that is in constant awareness of the precious fragility of our existence—in a breathtakingly beautiful, quiet and fascinating celebration of transience. Also in this stunning volume are images depicting human life with and on the water, cherry blossom festivals and courtly butterfly dances.
ISBN 9783753307145. Walther König, Köln. pb. 225 pages. 128 colour, 16 b/w ills. 24.8 x 32.4 cm.
available