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IMPRESSIONISM

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 25, 2017
Straddling East and West in art
Hybridity and eclecticism may be key concepts in much contemporary art, yet they are not new phenomena. In the Taisho Era (1912-1926), Tetsugoro Yorozu virtually personified the idea of hybrid art: As Japan rushed toward modernization, he not only experimented with the very latest forms of Western art...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 12, 2016
¡®Renoir: Masterpieces from the Musee d¡¯Orsay and the Musee de l¡¯Orangerie¡¯
April 27-Aug. 22.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 20, 2015
Monet¡¯s experiments meet his masterpieces
To anyone familiar with art exhibitions in Japan, it is clear that Impressionism is one of the most well-known and most-loved of all the ¡°isms¡± and movements of Western art. The name of the movement is believed to have come from a 1872 painting by Claude Monet titled ¡°Impression, Sunrise.¡± When it was...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 19, 2015
Impressions of spiritual intimacy
There are two theories about post-impressionist art. One is that it was a continuation of the modernist spirit of the impressionists, with the application of ever-more scientific principles of color and light to the depiction of objects. The other is that post-impressionism was a re-assertion of an artistic...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 19, 2015
Neo-impressionism: color-coded familiarities
The term ¡°neo-impressionism¡± suggests a sequel to impressionism and, just like with movie sequels, there is a faint lowering of expectations. But this is entirely the wrong way to approach ¡°Neo-Impressionism: from Light to Color¡± at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 29, 2015
¡®Best of The Best¡¯
From its collection of around 2,500 pieces, the Bridgestone Museum¡¯s ¡°Best of The Best¡± includes works by major names such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne and Jackson Pollock.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2014
The all-star cast of Kunsthaus Zurich
Switzerland is an ¡°island¡± in a ¡°sea¡± of Europe. From its elevated Alpine position in the heart of Western Europe, it figuratively looks down on the main European cultural heartlands of Italy, France and Germany, the perfect place for a wide-ranging, cosmopolitan collection of European art ¡ª which...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 31, 2014
¡®Time and the Painting: 24 Episodes¡¯
The Bridgestone Museum of Art has in its collection close to 160 paintings related to the concept of ¡°time.¡±
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 24, 2014
It¡¯s time to wise up to academic art
For too long the fine academic art of the 19th-century has lingered in the shadow of the Impressionist movement. The French Academy, with its rules and standards, has often been cast as the villain in the story of the period, standing in opposition to the ¡®heroic¡¯ Impressionists in their quest for ¡®artistic freedom.¡¯
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 2, 2014
¡®French Ceramics at the Time of Impressionism 1866-1886: Maturity of Japonisme¡¯
Most people associate Impressionism with the famous colorful impasto paintings of Renoir, Monet or Manet. Few, however, are familiar with its influence on 19th-century ceramics.
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