Ando Hiroshige：Master of Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints

UtagawaHiroshige(1797-1858)wasoneofthelastgreatartistsintheukiyo-etradition.Literallymeaning"picturesofthefloatingworld",ukiyo-ereferstothefamousJapanesewoodblockprintgenrethatoriginatedinthe17thcenturyandispracticallysynonymouswiththeWesternworld'svisualcharacterizationofJapan.ThoughHiroshigecapturedavarietyofsubjects,hisgreatesttalentwasincreatinglandscapesofhisnativeEdo(modern-dayTokyo)andhismostfamousworkwasaseriesknownas"100FamousViewsofEdo"(1856-1858).Thisbookprovidesanintroductiontohisworkandanoverviewofhiscareer.Availableinover20languages,Tachen's"BasicArtseries"offersbudget-mindedreadersqualitybooksonthegreatestartistsofalltime.Theneat,slickformatandnicepricetagmake"BasicArt"booksperfectforcollecting.Everybookinthe"BasicArtseries"features:adetailedchronologicalsummaryoftheartist'slifeandwork,coveringtheculturalandhistoricalimportanceoftheartist;approximately100colorillustrationswithexplanatorycaptions;and,aconcisebiography.AbouttheAuthorAdeleSchlombsstudiedsinology,EastAsianarthistory,EuropeanarthistoryandcomparativereligiousstudiesatCologneandHeidelbergUniversities.From1984to1987shestudiedatKyotoUniversityandfinishedherdissertationin1989atHeidelbergUniversitywithProf.LotharLedderose.In1991,shetookoverthedirectorshipoftheMuseumofEastAsianArtinCologneandsincethenhasorganizednumerousloanexhibitionsofJapaneseandChineseart.