Van Gogh and The Floating World, and did we mention calculators?
Some discussion of the influence of Ukiyo-e on Van Gogh here (around 11:55).
I really enjoy Begin Japanology, and not just because Peter Barakan is obviously an international spymaster, jewel thief, or assassin or something. I often actually learn something new while watching it, although in some episodes what I learn is that the Japanese can be, with regard to certain things, utterly and completely batshit crazy, even crazier than you thought they could be, knowing as you do that they can be really crazy. Exhibit A - Calculators.
posted by The Other Front at 6:23 PM
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The Japanese prints making their way to Europe were sometimes wildly out of cultural context, showing up as packing paper. The cross-current between East and West here, with products and art but comparatively little actual experience, is remarkable, Western images carrying perspective space, Japanese images pushing towards compression and slashing cuts.
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