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The Fashion Sketchpad: 420 Figure Templates for Designing Looks and Building Your Portfolio
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DescriptionThe ultimate tool for aspiring fashion designers who love to sketch clothes but dont have the skills (or the patience!) to draw proportional figures, this sketchpad is filled with 420 figure templates in 20 different fashion-forward poses... |
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Portfolio Edition)
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DescriptionSince its publication in 1984, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick has stimulated the minds of readers of all ages and backgrounds. Now the original fourteen drawings are available in a large portfolio edition of loose sheets... |
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Professional Model Portfolios: A Step-by-Step Guide for Photographers
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DescriptionThis photographer's guide to creating successful model portfolios encourages a dynamic, diversified artistic approach and shares essential knowledge about the modeling industry, portfolio basics, and agency requirements... |
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Itoya Art Profolio Evolution 8x10in. Photo Size 24 Sheets for 48 Pictures Black - Itoya EV-12-7
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Itoya EV-12-5 Art Profolio Evolution 5x7in. Photo Size 24 Sheets for 48 Pictures Black
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Descriptionphoto albums: This is the New 'Profolio Evolution' album by Itoya® of Japan. Made of durable polypropylene it protects your artwork photo or documents from virtually any office or household elements. For print sizes up to 5"x7"... |
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Itoya Art Profolio Evolution Presentation/Display Book 11 in. x 14 in.
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DescriptionItoya of Americal, Ltd : Presentation/Display Book,11"x14",Clear Top/Black Paper Art portfolio presentation display book offers you archival safe presentation and storage for your art work, photographs and a wide variety of other materials... |
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Brown Nubuck Premium Durable Cover Sleeve Carrying Case easily Foldable to Stand for BeBook Neo Book Reader eReader + Indlues a 4-Inch Determination Hand Strap + Includes a Anti Glare Screen Protector + 3 in 1 Travel Charger Combo Set includes a Home and Car Charger with a USB Sync Data Cable for your EReader
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DescriptionThis unique cover is not only stylish, but offers optimal protection and comfort. Simply insert your device in to the sleeve and carry anywhere, case its slim and design to be carried alone or inside a backpack... |
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Brown Nubuck Premium Durable Cover Sleeve Carrying Case easily Foldable to Stand for BeBook Neo Book Reader eReader + Indlues a 4-Inch Determination Hand Strap
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DescriptionThis unique cover is not only stylish, but offers optimal protection and comfort. Simply insert your device in to the sleeve and carry anywhere, case its slim and design to be carried alone or inside a backpack... |
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Brown Nubuck Premium Durable Cover Sleeve Carrying Case easily Foldable to Stand for BeBook Neo Book Reader eReader + Indlues a 4-Inch Determination Hand Strap + Includes a USB Data Sync Cable for your eReader (Mini USB Type) + Includes a Crystal Clear HD Noise Filter Handsfree with Mic and Mute Button
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DescriptionThis unique cover is not only stylish, but offers optimal protection and comfort. Simply insert your device in to the sleeve and carry anywhere, case its slim and design to be carried alone or inside a backpack... |
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Toshiba Thrive Portfolio Case for 10.1-Inch Tablet (PA3945U-1EAB)
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DescriptionWhether you are on the couch, at your desk, in bed or on a plane, you'll find the viewing angle just right for any occasion - no matter where you are! The Portfolio Case is the ultimate in flexibility for tablet users... |
Shunga, literally "Images of Spring", is the generic term used to describe erotic prints, books, scrolls and paintings of Japan.
History
The beginning of the shunga genre is connected with the origins of Ukiyo-e ('Images of the floating world') and starts with the work of Hishikawa Moronobu and his school between 1660-1670. Originally shunga were published as erotic manuals (guides) for the most popular courtesans in houses of pleasure. But with the growth of prosperity, the expansion of the brothels in Edo (today's Tokyo) and the alterations in the Japanese caste system with the merchants getting wealthier, embracing a hedonistic lifestyle, shunga gained a more diverting purpose. Shops in the pleasure quarters of Edo, called the Yoshiwara, sold shunga prints and books to the visitors of the brothels as a souvenir. Shunga were also offered as dowry to newly-weds as an educational guide. Around 1765 with the transition to multi-colour woodblock printing, before woodblock prints were colored either by hand or printed with a limited palette, the shunga genre entered new ground (both aesthetically and commercially).This revival lasted another century ending at the start of the Meiji period (1868-1912) when Japan opened its economic and cultural gates to the West. During the Meiji period only a few artists specialized in designing shunga prints which were mainly influenced by Western art.
Subjects and Themes
At first glance a shunga image can have a confrontational effect on the (Western) viewer because of the undisguised way the subject matter has been portrayed or the exaggerated depiction of genitalia. Once accustomed he can experience the striking compositions and use of colour, the humour and the daring handling of themes. The shunga genre accommodates a wide range of themes. Besides the rendering of conventional heterosexual love-making mostly between married couples or courtesans and their clients it also dealt with the homosexual and lesbian acts of love, scenes involving hermaphrodites, mythical figures, ghosts, Westerners, bestiality and even necrophelia.
Censorship
In Japan, during the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate from 1660 to 1868, shunga were seen as objects injurious to public morals and subject to unavailing censorship. Today they are still prohibited but classified as erotica and therefore tolerated. It is nevertheless not permitted to import them into the country.
Shunga Today
"Recently it has become more widely admitted that, at their best, they are to be ranked - with works by Western artists of the caliber of Rembrandt and Degas - among the finest of all graphic art". (Tom Evans)
Over the last decade the attitudes in Japan regarding shunga have changed resulting in the publication of a huge quantity of books including uncensored material and shunga studies in Japan. In the West, the publications on shunga started in 1975 with the ground-breaking book 'Shunga, The Art of Love in Japan' by Tom and Mary Evans followed by Jack Hillier's 'Art of the Japanese Book' in 1987. Also the memorable exhibition in 1989 at the Musée d'Ilx-elles in Brussels, where the most impressive works in the show were of the shunga genre, contributed to a renewed interest. In 2005, a unique shunga exhibition was held in the Kunsthal Rotterdam called 'Lentelust' with a chronological overview of this art form. And finally a new extensive publication on shunga by Gian Carlo Calza has been planned for the Spring of 2010.
Recommended Books on Shunga
'Shunga, the Art of Love in Japan' (1975) -- Tom and Mary Evans
'Art of the Japanese Book' (1987) -- Jack Hillier
'The Complete Ukiyo-e Shunga' (1995 to 2000) -- R. Lane and Y.Hayashi
'Shunga, the Erotic Art of Japan' (1997) -- Marco Fagioli
'Sex and the Floating World' (1999) -- Timon Screech
'Japanese Erotic Prints' (2002) -- Inge Klompmakers
'Japanese Erotic Fantasies' (2005) -- C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel
Important Shunga Artists
Hishikawa Moronobu (? -1694)
Suzuki Harunobu (c.1725-1770)
Isoda Koryusai (1735-90)
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 -1806)
Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
Katsukawa Shuncho (act. c.1780s-early 1800s)
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1833)
Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)
Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-89)
We have a website called AK-Antiek and are located in Coevorden, the Netherlands. We offer a large and varied collection of antique, jewelry and art. We are specialized in classic (Art Deco, Victorian...etc.) and modern jewelry, Japanese woodblock prints (http://www.akantiek.nl/prent.htm), erotica, shunga, netsuke, inro, cameo, antique coins, modern art and antique watches. For more info on shunga: http://www.akantiek.nl/shunga.htm
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