- 著者
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竹内 有子
- 出版者
- 美学会
- 雑誌
- 美学 (ISSN:05200962)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.69, no.1, pp.109, 2018 (Released:2019-06-01)
Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) was one of the first industrial designers in Victorian
Britain. Significantly, he became one of ardent promoters of Japonisme at the early
stage in Europe. In 1876-77, he took the chance to visit Japan. His book “Japan: Its
Architecture, Art and Art Manufactures” (1882) let the Westerners acknowledged the
facts about Japanese architecture which had been unfamiliar with them.
In fact, he put stress on his profession as an architect in his book “Japan” although
he was not. However, there is a little focused on Dresser’s architectural perspective.
Former studies have described how Dresser had influenced Japanese art and design
advocates through details about their cultural exchanges. Furthermore, Dresser’s
later designs have been included in Japonisme. Here, leading historians imply that his
Modernist-like design has been influenced by Japonisme.
The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of Japanese design and the
meanings of architecture in the formation of his design principles. Eventually, he
endeavored to utilize the Japanese exemplars in interior designing. Because of these
claims, an author re-examines the validity of the relationship between his Japonisme
and Modernism.