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GBR Gone but remembered books
Some
of the best books that we have sold in the past are today nowhere to be
found; so we are reluctantly removing them from our catalogs and
webpages. Perhaps they will become available again, or somebody has a
closet full. Until then, we will list the best of on this page.
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GBR Art of Japan
- Paintings, Prints and Screens - Selected articles from Orientations
magazine 1984-2002. $72.00 (+ shipping), 540pp, paperback, 210x287mm,
2-kg
ORIENTATIONS has reprinted a selection of 67 articles and reviews on
Japanese paintings, prints and screens published in the journal since
1984. The articles provide a chronological and stylistic history of
Japanese painting traditions. Examined in detail are the significant
impact of Buddhism and the emergence during the Heian period of the
yamato-e style. Discussions reveal how this native style matured during
the Kamakura period, a time also characterized by Zen ideology and how
this influence transformed into a distinctive Japanese tradition during
the Muromachi period. Following the civil wars a new energetic and
luxurious artistic spirit was sought during the Momoyama period with an
even greater blossoming and diversification of styles during the Edo
period. Lavishly illustrated with 679 colour plates and 116 black and
white images, the volume is a unique source of reference for anyone
interested in the field. Click on small cover image to see a much
larger image.
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GBR ISE:
Japan's Ise Shrines, Ancient Yet New by Svend M. Hvass
$49.50, 1999, 139pp, hardcover, 240x254mm, 87-985103-3-9
As part of the
ancient traditions, the
main building of the Inner Shrine is rebuilt every twenty years, its
accoutrements renewed and its sacred treasures made new, observing the
rite of moving the shrine called shikinen
sengu that is still carried
out to this day. Svend Hvass is one of the first to engage in serious
research on the shikinen sengu rite. He has
conducted careful research on shrine architecture and other aspects of
traditional technology, as well as on Shinto-related culture,
festivals, and ritual, and has made an enormous contribution to better
appreciation of these subjects.
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