The Noblest of the Feathered Family.Three Falcons on a Lacquer Perch

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Noblest of the Feathered Family.Three Falcons on a Lacquer Perch

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The National Gallery in Prague houses a very interesting artwork by the late 19th-century Japanese metal caster Sanō Takachika. The modellation of three bronze falcons fixed to a robust perch decorated in lacquer is based on a similar work of art displayed at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and done by another Japanese sculptor, Suzuki Chōkichi, in cooperation with the Japanese art patron Hayashi Tadamasa. The traditional depiction of birds of prey has existed in Japanese art since the early Middle Ages, when a predilection for falconry spread among the military aristocracy and to a lesser extent among other circles. Similar themes were later repeated not only in painting of the Kanō and Tosa schools, but also in the decoration of lacquerware, silk fabrics and ceramics. Hayashi Tadamasa suggested the theme of falcons for Japan’s presentation at the world exhibition in Chicago – it was meant to symbolize the strength and determination of the young Japanese state to join the ranks of the world powers and become a hegemon in the Far East. The very favourable response to the Chicago exhibit led other contemporary artists to employ the same theme. Nonetheless, only Sanō Takachika achieved such a rare level of refinement, due in part to his emphasis on using precious metal alloys for the bodies of the birds of prey and on the execution of the lacquer base, which, unlike Chōkichi’s work, became a major part of the composition and the apotheosis of Japanese lacquerware art.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Noblest of the Feathered Family.Three Falcons on a Lacquer Perch

Popis výsledku anglicky

The National Gallery in Prague houses a very interesting artwork by the late 19th-century Japanese metal caster Sanō Takachika. The modellation of three bronze falcons fixed to a robust perch decorated in lacquer is based on a similar work of art displayed at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and done by another Japanese sculptor, Suzuki Chōkichi, in cooperation with the Japanese art patron Hayashi Tadamasa. The traditional depiction of birds of prey has existed in Japanese art since the early Middle Ages, when a predilection for falconry spread among the military aristocracy and to a lesser extent among other circles. Similar themes were later repeated not only in painting of the Kanō and Tosa schools, but also in the decoration of lacquerware, silk fabrics and ceramics. Hayashi Tadamasa suggested the theme of falcons for Japan’s presentation at the world exhibition in Chicago – it was meant to symbolize the strength and determination of the young Japanese state to join the ranks of the world powers and become a hegemon in the Far East. The very favourable response to the Chicago exhibit led other contemporary artists to employ the same theme. Nonetheless, only Sanō Takachika achieved such a rare level of refinement, due in part to his emphasis on using precious metal alloys for the bodies of the birds of prey and on the execution of the lacquer base, which, unlike Chōkichi’s work, became a major part of the composition and the apotheosis of Japanese lacquerware art.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AL - Umění, architektura, kulturní dědictví

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Bulletin of the National Gallery in Prague

ISSN

0862-8912

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

XXVI

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2016

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

51-63

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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