L'Art Japonais (Western Sources of Japanese Art and Japonisme)

By Gonse and Louis Gonse

Published in 1883,L'Art Japonaiswas the groundbreaking text for nineteenth-century connoisseurs of Japanese art--both in the sense of creating a canon and providing a conceptual framework. A survey of all aspects of Japanese art by the prominent collector and art critic Louis Gonse (1846-1921), these volumes had a profound influence on Frenchjaponisme. The chapter on ceramics, for which Gonse's collection was especially renowned, is by Siegfried Bing (1838-1905).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1862100500
• ISBN13: 9781862100503
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Ganesha Publishing
• Length: 820 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.0" x 3.5" x 8.8"