Wabi Sabi. Per artisti, designer, poeti e filosofi
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788879285858 (8879285858)
Publish date: 2002
Publisher: Ponte alle Grazie
Pages no: 92
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Cultural,
Art,
Philosophy,
Poetry,
Spirituality,
Japan,
Design,
Art Design,
Eastern Philosophy
Koren wastes no time in this concise text, briefly tracing the roots of wabi-sabi, the history of its obfuscation, and then laying out its qualities and principles with maximum clarity. Beautiful photographs accompany the delicately printed text and Koren provides an illuminating comparison with mod...
The irony of trying to say something categorical about wabi-sabi isn't lost on this author. As a Western, modernist, taxonomically-driven type, I appreciated it, however antithetical it may be to the essence of wabi-sabi. Generally enjoyable as a pensee or exercise. It ends rather suddenly, which I ...
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