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The Akita Ranga School and the cultural context in Edo Japan

The Akita Ranga School and the cultural context in Edo Japan

Imahashi Riko explores paintings by the Akita Ranga school—or more accurately, a single work by Odano Naotake (1749–80)—in her new volume. The painting, entitled Shinobazu Pond (Shinobazu no ike-zu), has exceptional qualities including its large size, fusion of disparate elements, and mesmerizing clarity. In the eighteenth century, the neighborhood of Shinobazu Pond in Ueno flourished as….. Read More

Planet Lithuania

Planet Lithuania

This book is a rich overview of Antanas Sutkus photos of the people of his native Lithuania during its occupation by the Soviet Union. Sutkus is above all a humanist photographer, his kosmos his fellow citizenschildren, lovers, the elderly; how they engage with modernity and tradition, nature and the city, and express their identitiesall captured….. Read More

A guide to Vilnius Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Ladislaus

A guide to Vilnius Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Ladislaus

Vilnius Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Ladislaus is one of the earliest and most important Catholic temples in Lithuania. The historical and spiritual significance of the cathedral, which served the believers without interruption from the Christianization of Lithuania in 1387 to the middle of the twentieth century, and which was returned to them….. Read More

Contemporary history of garden design

Contemporary history of garden design

A lavish and comprehensive overview of European garden art from 1970 to today. In a volume of impressive detail and opulent photography the British landscape architect and art historian Penelope Hill has portrayed the developments in contemporary European garden art.