@article{812886,
      note = {"Originally published in Japanese under the title of  Nihonjin ni totte utsukushisa to wa nanika by Chikumashobo  Ltd., in 2015"--Title page verso.},
      author = {Takashina, Shūji, and Treyvaud, Matt, and Takashina,  Shūji,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/812886},
      title = {The Japanese sense of beauty /},
      abstract = {"What makes Japanese art unique? In The Japanese Sense of  Beauty, art critic and historian Takashina Shūji reflects  on the aesthetic and philosophical sensibilities underlying  Japanese art throughout its history, from the earliest  calligraphy and painted screens to modern masters like  Hishida Shunsō and Yokoyama Taikan. Along the way,  Takashina explores themes such as the relationship between  subjective perspective and "flat" composition and the  playful intermingling of word and image throughout the  plastic arts of Japan. He also offers fresh critical  perspectives on many individual artists, including Takeuchi  Seihō, one of the first to fuse traditional techniques  with Western realism, and Takahashi Yuichi, who combined a  vivid mastery of texture with deceptively traditionalist  compositions. Other essays in this wide-ranging collection  touch on everything from the symbolism of Mount Fuji to the  ancient music known as gagaku, showing how even the most  disparate topics can shed new light on what is essential to  Japanese culture. The Japanese Sense of Beauty is an  important contribution to the study of aesthetics and  cultural history, offering insights that will change the  way you think about Japanese art." -- Publisher's  description},
      recid = {812886},
      pages = {16 color plates, 17-255 pages :},
}