Fragment and whole
two urban images between East and Uest, ca. 1600
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https://doi.org/10.24220/2318-0919v10e2013a20159Keywords:
East Asian city, Fragment, Funaki, Iconography, Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei, Theodor de BryAbstract
This article analyzes representations of cities in two pictures created around 1600: Theodor de Bry’s engraving of Macao, and the view of Kyoto attributed to Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei. The relationship between fragmented and total forms of representation is studied in both pictures. The European engraving depicts urban space as a whole, while the Japanese painting portrays a number of fragmented scenes separated by golden clouds. However, the global picture in the European print is fragmented by the multiplication of simultaneous perspectives, while the Japanese screen displays an underlying global order due to its cavalier projection. In both cases, there is interaction between fragmented views and a global outlook that relate in diverse ways.
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