Traditions Transfigured
The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi
Will be published approx. on 1. April 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
978-0-615-87883-6 (ISBN)
Description
The face has inspired artists around the world for millennia, and Japan's Noh theater has provided a complex domain for exploring human emotion. Inspired by these practices, Traditions Transfigured examines fourteen contemporary works by Noh mask-maker and artist Bidou Yamaguchi. These apply the forms, techniques, transformative spirit, and mysterious elegance of Noh masks to iconic female portraits from the European art historical canon, and to Kabuki actor prints by Sharaku, Japan's 18th century portrait master.
This book explores these masks in the context of Noh through essays by art historians, a Noh specialist, and an award-winning novelist.
This book explores these masks in the context of Noh through essays by art historians, a Noh specialist, and an award-winning novelist.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
49 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
497 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-615-87883-6 (9780615878836)
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Person
Kendall H. Brown , professor of Asian art history at California State University, Long Beach is author of Deco Japan and Water and Shadow.