Foreigners were now tolerated, and their styles influenced Japanese forms and techniques. Entries for each work of art were written by American specialists in Japanese art, inluding Money L. Hickman, John T. Carpenter, Bruce A. Coats, Christine Guth, Andrew J. Pekarik, John M. Rosenfield, and Nicole C. Rousmaniere. These authors also introduce each section with an essay that places the individual works in a broader art historical and cultural context. This beautiful book serves as the catalogue for a major exhibit of Japanese art from the Momoyama period to be held at the Dallas Museum of Art from 1 September to 1 December 1996, in cooperation with Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs and The Japan Foundation. Money L. Hickman, former Senior Research Curator of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the curator of the exhibition.
Some books are to drool over.
This is one. The illustrations are lavish, sumptuous, exotic, seductive. . . . The range of art covered is stunning, from painting through sculpture, calligraphy, ceramics, lacquer and metal work, arms and armour, textiles and masks. . . . They reflect not only an extreme artistic refinement, but the background of violence and cruelty of the ultimate macho society. The introduction by Hickman and the texts and captions are excellent and a good read. . . .