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(★)([普及版]柳宗悦評論集)(This book challenges the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of a Japanese farmer be thought beautiful? The late Soetsu Yanagi was the first to fully explore the traditional Japanese appreciation for´objects born, not made´.／ Mr. Yanagi sees folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy, and religion arise and in which the barriers between them disappear. The implications of the author´s ideas are both far-reaching and practical.／ Soetsu Yanagi is often mentioned in books on Japanese art, but this is the first translation in any Western language of a selection of his major writings. The late Bernard Leach, renowned British potter and friend of Mr. Yanagi for fifty years, has clearly transmitted the insights of one of Japan´s most important thinkers. The seventy-six plates illustrate objects that underscore the universality of his concepts. The author´s profound view of the creative process and his plea for a new artistic freedom within tradition are especially timely now when the importance of craft and the handmade object is being rediscovered.／ ▼CONTENTS／ Towards a Standard of Beauty／Seeing and Knowing／Pattern／The Beauty of Irregularity／The Buddhist Idea of Beauty／Crafts of Okinawa／Hakeme／The Way of Tea／The Kizaemon Tea-bowl／The Way of Craftsmanship／The Responsibility of the Craftsman／) |
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