Eastern Breezes. The Art of Folding Screens from China to Japan and Beyondr Afrique du Nord whose identity is gradually crumbling

whose identity is gradually crumbling and which is entering an uncertain future

il n’y trouvera jamais sa place

it composes here a universe of works chosen from the history of the arts of humanity from Antiquity to the present day

sont présentés aux côtés de celles du peintre aixois François-Marius Granet

" The first Finnish artist to enter French public collections

Eastern Breezes. The Art of Folding Screens from China to Japan and Beyondr Afrique du Nord whose identity is gradually crumblingLandscapes, scenes of daily life and Kabuki theatre, as well as the earliest encounters between Japanese civilization and Portuguese navigators the history of folding screens presented in this volume offers an invaluable portrait of the meeting of Eastern and Western cultures, as well as to the evolving forms and functions of this fascinating object over the centuries. Originating in China and known in Japan since the 7th century, folding screens