Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art by John Carpenter

Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Hardcover)

John Carpenter

176 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art informative reflective relaxing medium-paced
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The distinctive style of Japanese art known as Rinpa embraces bold, graphic renderings of natural motifs and formalized depictions of fictional characters, poets, and sages. An aesthetic that arose in Japan in the 16th century and flourished until...

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