Tag Archives: aesthetics

Book Announcement: Tsuchi: Earthy Materials in Contemporary Japanese Art

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Paula

Tsuchi: Earthy Materials in Contemporary Japanese Art Bert Winther-Tamaki An examination of Japanese contemporary art through the lens of ecocriticism and environmental history Bert Winther-Tamaki explores how Japanese artists have continually sought a passionate and redemptive engagement with earth. By … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Exporting Japanese Aesthetics: Evolution from Tradition to Cool Japan

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Paula

Exporting Japanese Aesthetics:Evolution from Tradition to Cool Japan EDITED BY TETS KIMURA & JENNIFER ANNE HARRIS Exporting Japanese Aesthetics brings together historical and contemporary case studies addressing the evolution of international impacts and influences of Japanese culture and aesthetics. The volume … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Beauty in the Age of Empire: Japan, Egypt, and the Global History of Aesthetic Education

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Paula

Beauty in the Age of Empire: Japan, Egypt, and the Global History of Aesthetic Education Raja Adal When modern primary schools were first founded in Japan and Egypt in the 1870s, they did not teach art. Yet by the middle … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japanese Design: Art, Aesthetics, and Culture

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Paula

Japanese Design: Art, Aesthetics & Culture Patricia J. Graham What exactly is the singular attraction of Japanese design? And why does Japanese style speak so clearly to so many people all over the world? The Japanese sensibility often possesses an intuitive, … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Poetic Teachings in Premodern Japan

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Paula

Stanford University and the University of British Columbia are co-organizing a workshop on “Poetic Teachings in Premodern Japan: Aesthetics and Practice from the Eighth to Eighteenth Centuries.” The workshop will take place Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9 at Stanford University. … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The Design Journal 16:4 (‘Dezain no genjo: Design in contemporary Japan’)

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Paula

Deadline: 1 August 2012 Few nations have seen the public image of their design and manufacturing sector change so quickly and drastically as Japan since 2000. Postwar Japan’s manufacturing-intensive economy and promotion of private consumption fostered the development of design … Continue reading →

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