Japanese Erotic Art
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0500291179 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 472 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
About the Author Ofer Shagan has lived in Japan for many years. He is the author of several books and articles on shunga and other art subjects.
90% spectacular What's to like: Almost everything, really. The physical book is beautiful, with heavy, toned paper and gorgeous printing. Commentary is informative without being pedantic. Imagery covers a huge number of artists, styles, topics, eras, and any other axis of measurement you could name. And there's a lot - I haven't counted but many hundreds if not a thousand or more reproductions covering every imagined va. Shunga is so much more than meets the eye on initial glance Thomas Duff Japanese art has a history that's longer than the history of our entire country. Even sub-genres of Japanese art have long and complex backgrounds, and Japanese erotic art, or shunga as it's called, is no exception. Ofer Shagan puts together a nearly encyclopedic volume on the history of shunga in his book Japanese Erotic Art. It's a beautiful book that goes a long way towards helping someone understand . "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Beautiful product, arrived promptly, very satisfied.
Shunga literally means “picture of spring”—“spring” being a common Japanese euphemism for sex—and the works celebrate all facets of human sexuality with great candor.Unlike earlier books that have tended to focus on individual artists, this new publication has a thematic structure, covering the whole spectrum of sexual practice and expression, including adultery and jealousy, voyeurism, orgasm, and violent sex and death. 1,200+ illustrations in color. The definitive book on Japanese erotic art or shunga Japanese erotic art, shunga, has a long history, with thousands of paintings, prints, and illustrated books produced, mostly from the seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries. Using images from his own unparalleled collection, Ofer Shagan brings the rich and vast world of shunga to modern view, highlighting the messages, symbols, and humor that often appear in the background but are fundamentally significant for understanding the messages in the art
He is the author of several books and articles on shunga and other art subjects. . Ofer Shagan has lived in Japan for many years