Name: The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty
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Author: Soetsu Yanagi
ISBN: 9781568365206

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The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty

Type

Physical Book

Author

Soetsu Yanagi

Bernard Leach

Publisher

Kodansha Comics

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

232

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.9 x 18.0 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.66 kg.

ISBN13

9781568365206

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty "

craftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of a Japanese farmer be thought beautiful? The late Soetsu Yanagi was the first to fully explore the traditional Japanese appreciation for "objects born, not made." Mr. Yanagi sees folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy, and religion arise and in which the barriers between them disappear. The implications of the author's ideas are both far-reaching and practical. Soetsu Yanagi is often mentioned in books on Japanese art, but this is the first translation in any Western language of a selection of his major writings. The late Bernard Leach, renowned British potter and friend of Mr. Yanagi for fifty years, has clearly transmitted the insights of one of Japan's most important thinkers. The seventy-six plates illustrate objects that underscore the universality of his concepts. The author's profound view of the creative process and his plea for a new artistic freedom within tradition are especially timely now when the importance of craft and the handmade object is being rediscovered.

Soetsu Yanagi

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Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961) fue un influyente crítico de arte, filósofo y esteta japonés, reconocido como el fundador del movimiento Mingei (artesanía popular) en las décadas de 1920 y 1930. Defendió la belleza de los objetos cotidianos creados por artesanos anónimos, valorando la funcionalidad, la sencillez y la producción artesanal frente a la industrialización.

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