A Novel Way of Seeing:The appropriation and adaption of Western vanishing point perspective in Japanese woodblock prints; 1740 – 1855

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Groot, Benjamin de (2016)

A Novel Way of Seeing:The appropriation and adaption of Western vanishing point perspective in Japanese woodblock prints; 1740 – 1855

Master thesis | Arts and Culture (MA)

This thesis deals with the appropriation and adaption of western style vanishing point perspective in Japanese woodblock printing culture. The thesis combines literary research and visual analysis to provide an overarching meta-perspective on the development of the vanishing point perspective and its associated traits in ukiyo-e of the Tokugawa period.

Author: Groot, Benjamin de

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: MA Arts & Culture - Early Modern and Medieval Art

Supervisors: Westgeest, H.F.
Damme, W.J.L.M. van

ECTS Credits: 20

Language: en

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A Novel Way of Seeing:The appropriation and adaption of Western vanishing point perspective in Japanese woodblock prints; 1740 – 1855