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Japonisme and Western art


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If you like long articles with narrow focus, NY Times has one about the sudden influence of Japanese style in the 19th century

How Japonisme Forever Changed the Course of Western Design

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In the late 19th century, Japanese aesthetics and craftsmanship overtook Paris, inspiring a movement that would radically transform Europe’s visual culture.

 

Although it is not covered in this article I imagine the graphic flatness and clarity of Japanese drawing was some influence in moving newspaper cartooning away from the over-detailed and over-rendered style of a Thomas Nast in the later 19th Century to the simplicity of a George "Krazy Kat" Herriman in the early 20th.

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