Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets: Talent and Training in Japanese Painting

Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets examines the transmission of painting traditions in Japan from one generation to the next. The contributors emphasize the relationship between inborn abilities and those skills taught in the course of learning how to paint. They focus their discussion on a...

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Other Authors: Chance, Frank (Contributor), Gerhart, Karen M. (Contributor), Jordan, Brenda G. (Contributor, Editor), Mcclintock, Martha J. (Contributor), Rimer, J . Thomas (Contributor), Weston, Victoria (Contributor, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [2002]
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Summary:Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets examines the transmission of painting traditions in Japan from one generation to the next. The contributors emphasize the relationship between inborn abilities and those skills taught in the course of learning how to paint. They focus their discussion on a group of painting masters loosely associated with the prestigious Kano painting atelier, Japan's de facto painting academy throughout the Tokugawa period (1615-1868) and into the early modern era. By delving into why, how, and what these painters transmitted to students through their teaching, readers gain insight into artistic and aesthetic sensibilities active in Japanese painting and a fuller appreciation of extant paintings within their cultural and historical contexts
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
Physical Description:1 online resource (284 pages)
ISBN:9780824862008
DOI:10.1515/9780824862008

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