Japan and the West Fantasy and imagination always also

Fantasy and imagination always also played a strong part

Abstract Expressionism

driven by commercial imperatives

By showing how artists navigated the volatile market for contemporary art during a troubled time

It analyses various techniques used and reveals resonances and rhythms found in the photographs as they occur at different scales

Japan and the West Fantasy and imagination always alsoThis book discusses the architectural influence that Japan and the West have had on each other during the last 150 years. While the recent histories of Western and Japanese architecture have been well recorded, they have rarely been interwoven. Based on extensive research, Japan and the West provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its