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
modern times, the Rinpa school is celebrated for its use of lavish
pigments and its references to traditional court literature and poetry.
Central to the Rinpa aesthetic is the evocation of the natural
world—especially animals and plants with literary connotations—as well
as eye-catching compositions that cleverly integrate calligraphy and
image.
Featuring beautiful color reproductions of some ninety
works—including painting, calligraphy, printed books, textiles,
lacquerware, ceramics, and cloisonné—from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and other notable public and private collections, Designing Nature
traces the development of Rinpa, highlighting the school's most
prominent proponents and, for the first time, the influence of this
quintessential Japanese style on modern design aesthetics in both the
East and the West.
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