Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945

Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945

Deco Japan introduces Japanese art in the art deco style through nearly two hundred works of metal, ceramics, lacquer, glass, furniture, textiles, painting, prints, and graphic design. While exhibiting spectacular craftsmanship and sophisticated design, these works convey the complex social and cultural tensions in Japan during the Taisho and early Showa epochs (1912-1945). Including essays by an international team of a dozen scholars, this book investigates how Japanese deco signaled the nationâ€™s unique history and cosmopolitanism.

The eraâ€™s diverse vitality is expressed in its most ubiquitous subjectsâ€•the moga, or modern girl, the emblem of contemporary urban chic, and nationalist icons including dragons, phoenixes, and heavenly lions. Signaling the expanding realms of artistic creation and consumption, the objects here range from fine art objects made to impress the public at national art exhibitions to goods mass produced for the modern home.
Country USA
Brand University of Washington Press
Manufacturer University of Washington Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 458 color illus.
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780883971574
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University of Washington Press
Manufacturer	University of Washington Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	458 color illus.
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780883971574
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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