Violets between Cherry Blossoms. The diffusion of classical motifs to the East traces in Japanese art : fictions, conjectures, facts

• Main Author: Arts, P.L.W (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden University Press 2011
• Subjects: History of art / art & design styles; antiquity; art history; oriental art; japan; china; Anno Domini
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This richly illustrated book is a comparative study, which shows how motifs and images travelled throughout Eurasia from Rome to Tokyo. It covers a period from around the early fifth century BC up until today. It is likely that already in the fifth century BC there was some indirect cultural exchang...