Quaint, Exquisite. Victorian Aesthetics and the Idea of Japan, Paperback - Grace Lavery

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Grace LaveryIllustration(s): 14 b/w illus.Number of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 155...

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The idea of civilization recurs frequently in reflections on international politics. However, International Relations academic writings on civiliza...

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Wherever the idea of a world appears, there is an expression of cosmography. Cosmography, here, is defined as the rhetoric of cosmology: the art of...

An interpretation of the political and cultural history of the early cold war years. The author argues that art is part of the general culture, not...

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The Idea of Spatial Form contains the classic essay that introduced the concept of "spatial form" into literary discussion in 1945, and has since b...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sonya (University of Roehampton, UK) NevinIllustration(s): 11 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Publicatio...

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Graham has crafted a compact, jewel-like resource for all who seek to understand the sources, evolution, impact, and value of Japanese aesthetics a...

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The Spirit of Japan (1916) is a speech by Rabindranath Tagore. Published after he received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, The Spirit of Japan ...

Bold, iconic designs have been used to symbolize family names in Japan from the time of the court nobles in the twelfth century. The sense of "fami...

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Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, BostonAuthor(s): Anne Nishimura (Curator of Japanese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) MorseIllustration(s): ...

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DescriptionJapan: The "other, " lesser-known 1968 The analysis of May 68 in Paris, Berkeley, and the Western world has been widely reconsidered. Bu...

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Reducere. Japan boasts the second largest economy in the world and almost two thousand years of history. Yet, its first modern constitution, the Meiji Consti...

Experience the flavour of Japan by using the delicious recipes in this book! As well as being able to make food such as soba noodle soup and vegeta...