DEITIES OF JAPAN - Giwon, Jebis, Daikoku - Picart, original 1728 - show original title kawabata66 (337) 100% positiveSeller's other itemsSeller's other itemsContact seller EUR 25.00 DIVINITA' DEL GIAPPONE - GIWON, JEBIS, DAIKOKU, TOSSITOKU Grande incisione su rame (acquaforte di 33 x 22 cm misurati alla battuta della lastra) del famoso incisore Bernard Picart. L'incisione и originale del 1728 e proviene dalla sua 0pera piщ celebre, cioи "Cйrйmonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde". Riporto un testo in inglese per l'inquadramento storico dell'Artista e dell'incisione qui offerta: Bernard Picart (1673-1733) was a French engraver, son of Etienne Picart, also an engraver. He was born in Paris and died in Amsterdam. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a great number of French Calvinists were forced to emigrate. Many of them settled in the Netherlands, a place of relative religious tolerance. They made valuable contributions to the Low Countries’ economic development, including that of the Dutch publishing industry. The publisher and book dealer Jean-Frйdйric Bernard and the illustrator and print-maker Bernard Picart belonged to this community. Between 1723 and 1737 they published the seven volumes in folio of the Cйrйmonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde. One of the most fascinating anthologies of the early Enlightenment, the Cйrйmonies were a major event in the history of publishing in Europe. An early attempt at the study of comparative religion, it is a product of the calvinist-enlightenment critique of religion. A generous body of illustrations coordinated, partly drawn and executed by Picart – over 250 prints and a number of vignettes – contributed greatly to the success of the work. Picart’s method in creating these depictions of the ceremonies of the entire world known at the time deserves attention. One example is the series of illustrations on Indian Religion: Picart did not travel to India and had no direct knowledge of its religious costumes, but, living in Amsterdam, he had access to a wide quantity of information. By compiling diverse sources, namely illustrations from Western travel books as well as Indian miniatures, to make these engravings, Picart created a visual canon of the European view of India in his time, one that would remain influential for many years to come. Thus, the analysis of one group of illustrations in the Cйrйmonies leads to a more general discussion about the place, significance and informational value of illustration in the transmission of ideas in the field of historical pictorial ethnography. ---------- DIVINITA' DEL GIAPPONE - DARMA Saint du Japon - Picart, originale 1728 kawabata66 (337) 100% positiveSeller's other itemsSeller's other itemsContact seller EUR 25.00 ApproximatelyUS $26.75 1 bidEnded DIVINITA' DEL GIAPPONE - GIWON, JEBIS, DAIKOKU, TOSSITOKU DIVINITA' DEL GIAPPONE - DARMA Saint du JAPON Grande incisione su rame (acquaforte di 33 x 22 cm misurati alla battuta della lastra) del famoso incisore Bernard Picart. L'incisione и originale del 1728 e proviene dalla sua 0pera piщ celebre, cioи "Cйrйmonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde". Riporto un testo in inglese per l'inquadramento storico dell'Artista e dell'incisione qui offerta: Bernard Picart (1673-1733) was a French engraver, son of Etienne Picart, also an engraver. He was born in Paris and died in Amsterdam. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a great number of French Calvinists were forced to emigrate. Many of them settled in the Netherlands, a place of relative religious tolerance. They made valuable contributions to the Low Countries’ economic development, including that of the Dutch publishing industry. The publisher and book dealer Jean-Frйdйric Bernard and the illustrator and print-maker Bernard Picart belonged to this community. Between 1723 and 1737 they published the seven volumes in folio of the Cйrйmonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde. One of the most fascinating anthologies of the early Enlightenment, the Cйrйmonies were a major event in the history of publishing in Europe. An early attempt at the study of comparative religion, it is a product of the calvinist-enlightenment critique of religion. A generous body of illustrations coordinated, partly drawn and executed by Picart – over 250 prints and a number of vignettes – contributed greatly to the success of the work. Picart’s method in creating these depictions of the ceremonies of the entire world known at the time deserves attention. One example is the series of illustrations on Indian Religion: Picart did not travel to India and had no direct knowledge of its religious costumes, but, living in Amsterdam, he had access to a wide quantity of information. By compiling diverse sources, namely illustrations from Western travel books as well as Indian miniatures, to make these engravings, Picart created a visual canon of the European view of India in his time, one that would remain influential for many years to come. Thus, the analysis of one group of illustrations in the Cйrйmonies leads to a more general discussion about the place, significance and informational value of illustration in the transmission of ideas in the field of historical pictorial ethnography.