Main entry:

Sugimoto, Hiroshi, 1948- photographer, author.

Title & Author:

Hiroshi Sugimoto : gates of paradise / Hiroshi Sugimoto ; essays by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Mark K. Erdmann, Ryuji Hiraoki, Yukie Kamiya, and Timothy Verdon.

Publication:

New York, NY : Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc. : in association with Japan Society, Inc., 2017.
©2017

Description:

216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm

Notes:
"This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Hiroshi Sugimoto: Gates of Paradise, October 20, 2017-January 7, 2018, organized by Japan Society, New York"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Motoatsu Sakurai -- The Quattro Ragazzi of the Tensho Embassy -- Quattro Ragazzi / Hiroshi Sugimoto -- Plates -- Much ado about Japan and Quattro Ragazzi / Ryûji Hiraoka -- Imagining "Southern barbarians": the birth and reception of Nanban art in sixteenth-century Japan / Mark K. Erdmann -- Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise / Timothy Verdon -- The sea connects, the sea divides: the Tensho Embassy through the eyes of Hiroshi Sugimoto / Yukie Kamiya -- Christianity and the Tea Ceremony / Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Summary:

In an electrifying moment in 1585, four Japanese youths appeared before Pope Gregory XIII, summoned to his court from the nascent Christian community in Japan to present themselves at the capital of their faith. Legendary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto follows in the boys footsteps, capturing the architectural wonders of Rome, Florence, and Venice as the Eastern visitors might have seen them on their grand tour. Sugimoto's images present each chapel and theatre as a marvel, imposing and dark. He contextualizes his photographs with Japanese works from the period and the decades that follow. These panels and objects attest to the impact of Western culture, specifically Jesuit Christianity, on Momoyama and Edo aesthetics as Japanese artists envisioned scenes of European life. Exhibition: Japan Society, New York, USA (20.10.2017-07.01.2018).

ISBN:

9780847860692 (hardback)
0847860698 (hardback)

Subject:

Sugimoto, Hiroshi, 1948-
Sugimoto, Hiroshi, 1948- Exhibitions.
Sugimoto, Hiroshi, 1948- Expositions.
Sugimoto, Hiroshi 1948-
Japan Society (New York, N.Y.) Exhibitions.
Japan Society (New York, N.Y.)
Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
Art, Japanese New York (State) New York 21st century Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic 21st century Exhibitions.
Photography of art Exhibitions.
Namban art Exhibitions.
Christianity and art Japan Exhibitions.
Photographie Japon Histoire 21e siècle Expositions.
Art japonais New York (État) New York 21e siècle Expositions.
Photographie artistique 21e siècle Expositions.
Photographie d'œuvres d'art Expositions.
Art namban Expositions.
Christianisme et art Japon Expositions.
Art, Japanese
Christianity and art
Namban art
Photography, Artistic
Photography of art
Kunst
Rezeption
Fotografie
Japan
New York (State) New York

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Erdmann, Mark K., writer of added commentary.
Hiraoka, Ryūji, 1974- writer of added commentary.
Kamiya, Yukie, writer of added commentary.
Verdon, Timothy, writer of added commentary.
Sakurai, Motoatsu, writer of foreword.
Japan Society (New York, N.Y.), organizer.

Gates of paradise

Holdings:

Location: Library main 297856
Call No.: BIB 244164
Status: Available