Fashioning Kimono: Dress and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Japan
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8874392710 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorAnnie M. Van Assche is an art historian specializing in Japanese textiles.
Van Assche is an art historian specializing in Japanese textiles.. Annie M
Stunning Photographs and a great text! This book was given as a gift to a Japanese American family. Their daughter is studying in art school. The photographs are stunning and the text is excellent. The book was a big hit.. Solid Kimono Eye-Candy S. Hanson As a Kimono enthusiast it's nice to find a book that has pages and pages worth of JUST Kimono. The focus on a particular time period makes it interesting. Worth the bucks.. flowering of the Japanese kimono in its last years The early decades of the 1900s were the final flowering for the Japanese kimono, the standard clothing for men and women going back for centuries. This was literally so for many kimonos; for they have bright, sometimes lavish, flower patterns and images from the influences of the Western art styles of art nouveau and even art deco. The growing modernization and Westernization of Japan at this time was seen in the changing patterns in the kimono. The stylistic innovations came to an end with the turn to Western clothing after Japan's defeat in WWII and the destruction of the country's industry. One hundred
The kimonos featured here are drawn from the internationally renowned Montgomery Collection of Lugano, Switzerland.. "High-quality color photographs and period pictures illustrate this sumptuous volume, which should interest experts and laymen alike." --Choice The Japanese kimono is celebrated worldwide for its elegant, distinctive silhouette. Though quintessentially Japanese, the kimono form has influenced fashion designers around the globe. The 150 stunning kimonos in this beautifully illustrated book were created in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and they include formal, semi-formal, and casual kimono, haori jackets, and under-kimono (juban) worn by men, women, and children. Some of the garments reflect historical styles of design and techniques, while others illustrate a dramatic break with aspects of kimono tradition, as themes and designs from Western art began to predominate over Japanese references. The book, published to accompany a major traveling exhibition, traces the hi