Japan: Arts and Life: The Montgomery Collection Campione Francesco Paolo
Japan: Arts and Life: The Montgomery Collection Campione Francesco Paolo A selection of textiles, paintings and more from a leading international collection of Japanese antiquitiesAmong the many ways…
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Japan: Arts and Life: The Montgomery Collection Campione Francesco Paolo
A selection of textiles, paintings and more from a leading international collection of Japanese antiquitiesAmong the many ways that one can approach a distant country are study, travel and the unique sensitivity that allows a person to distinctly interpret a culture. This volume presents 170 works from the 12th to 20th centuries--including textiles, furniture, paintings, religious and everyday items--carefully selected from the over 1,000 objects held by Jeffrey Montgomery's splendid collection. In the case of Jeffrey Montgomery and his collection of Japanese art, all three of these elements interact in a surprisingly harmonious way.
Renowned worldwide, the Montgomery Collection displays an extraordinary richness and a very singular substance: it is a collection of "oriental art," and at the same time it expresses a "folk culture" reinterpreted in very