Join the Student Friends for a guided tour of the Milberg Gallery's new "The Art of Japanese Publishing". The tour will be led by the exhibit's curators Nicole Fabricand-Person and Holly Hatheway. After the tour, a lunch at a local Princeton restaurant will be provided. A separate communication will be sent to registered attendees.
Due to limited capacity, the event will only be open to the Student Friends of the Princeton University Library. If you would like to join, please fill out this form. Registration will be required.
Description of the Exhibit:
The advent of commercial publishing in 17th-century Japan completely revolutionized the Japanese art tradition. For the first time, art was no longer exclusively created for the upper classes who could afford to commission it for private use.
This artistic revolution was the result of newly-minted publishers in Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo, who began to experiment with woodblock printing—a process that, for over a thousand years, had been restricted to Japanese temples for the production of Buddhist texts. These beautifully illustrated and commercially published books impacted Japanese art tradition and inspired Western art movements. The publishing of illustrated books was then revolutionized in the 20th century with the introduction of photography, new printing processes, and artists taking control of their work for the first time.
Curated by Nicole Fabricand-Person ’76 *01, Japanese Art Specialist, Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology and Holly Hatheway, Director, Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology.
Link to Exhibit
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