Erotic Japonisme: The Influence of Japanese Sexual Imagery on Western Art

By Ricard Bru and Bru

At its height in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Japonisme had a tremendous impact on Western art. In this publication, author Ricard Bru approaches the cultural phenomenon of Japonisme from an innovative standpoint. He presents an in-depth discussion of the influence of Japanese printed erotic imagery by ukiyo-e masters such as Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, and Utagawa Hiroshige on European artists, including Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso, as well as writers, critics, and collectors, such as Edmond de Goncourt, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and ?mile Zola. With over 160 color illustrations sourced from public and private collections, Erotic Japonisme demonstrates the rich artistic dialogue that existed between Europe and Japan.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004258329
• ISBN13: 9789004258327
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Brill Hotei
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.6" x 11.6"