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(*)(Translated by Matt Treyvaud、高階秀爾) (★)([（英文版）日本人にとって美しさとは何か] 1.What makes Japanese art unique? In ´The Japanese Sense of Beauty´, art critic and historian Takashina Shuji 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 Shunsoo and Yokoyama Taikan. Along the way, Takashina explores themes such as the relationship between subjuctive 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 Seihoo, 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 Japnaese 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. 2.Takashina Shuji was born in 1932 in Tokyo. After graduating from the University of Tokyo´s College of Arts and Sciences, he studied in France from 1954 to 1959 on the invitation of the French government. Since his return to Japan, he has held positions including professor at the University of Tokyo, director general of the National Museum of Western Art, and his current role as director of the Oohara Museum of Art. A specialist in Western art from the Renaissance onwards, he is also deeply versed in the art of Japan. His many publications include´Light and Dark in the Renaissance [Runessansu no hikari to yami, recipient of the Minister of Education´s Art Encouragement Prize]`,´A History of Modern Art in Japan [Nihon kindai bijutsushi-ron]´,´Van Gogh´s Eye [Gohho no me]´,´A History of French Painting [Furansu kaigashi]´,´Picasso : The Logic of Plagiarism [Pikaso : Hyoosetsu no ronri]´,´Twentieth-Century Art [Nijusseiki bijutsu]´,´A History of Modern Painting [Kindai kaigashi, in two volumes]´, and ´The Patrons of Art [Geijutsu no patorontachi]´. His other contributions to the Japanese art world include translations of works by Edgar Wind and Kenneth Clark.) |
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