Japan and the West: mutual influences in applied arts (1540-1960)

This book aims to research some of the most characteristic periods / milestones from the mid-16th century to the mid-20th century which incorporate the interactive relationship between Japanese culture and the West. More specifically, in a set of seven essays, with a different subject at a time, the evolution of the applied and decorative arts of these two so different cultural poles is explored through the historical, social and cultural context of the relevant period. From the particularly enchanting historic area of the Nanban art period in Japan (1543-1615) to the spread of the Mingei ideology to the post war United States mass design culture, especially ceramics, the readers will have the chance explore an area rich in historical information that will broaden their spiritual horizons in terms of the complex and ambivalent field of the applied arts of two completely different cultures.

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B.A. (Hons) 3D Design and M.A. History of Design, Middlesex University, London, Ph.D., History of Art, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki. Art Historian at the Department of Art and Design, University of West Attica and the Hellenic Open University. Areas of research interests: design and art history, popular, visual and material culture.