『Your Unknown Aesthetic Masterpieces』 (Author: Naoki Inaba)
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Featuring a total of 170 works, from famous art nations to fantastical pieces from Eastern and Northern Europe!
This book introduces beautiful and somehow memorable paintings from 19th to early 20th-century Western art that are rarely found in textbooks or standard art books. The selector is Naoki Inaba, who operates the popular art account 'Estetism_jp' on social media. It broadly covers not only famous art nations like Italy and France but also fantastical works from Eastern and Northern Europe.
"Why is this painting not widely known? Why am I so drawn to it?" Such small questions and excitements become the gateway to enjoying art.
This is a book for those who feel a little nervous about going to museums but love looking at art, allowing them to encounter "aestheticism for the first time."
"When you hear 'aestheticism,' you might get an impression of dilettantism and superficiality. However, I believe that aestheticism, as an appreciative attitude that fully savors visual beauty, should exist as a small resistance to the modern intellectualization of art appreciation. With such thoughts, I continue to introduce paintings daily."
"As I searched for 'aesthetic' paintings at my leisure, I realized something. Many of these paintings are placed as 'peripheral' works, outside the 'center.'"
"This book introduces relatively unknown paintings, focusing on those from Northern and Eastern Europe, which have been geographically positioned as 'peripheral' in Western art history, while also traversing Britain, France, Germany, and even America, Canada, and Australia."
(From the Introduction)
Chapter 1 / Paintings of Fantasy and Mystery "From Spiritualism" Af Klint, evaluated 100 years later
Chapter 2 / Beautiful Landscapes "Moonlit Landscapes" Poetic landscapes and mindscapes of Northern Europe
Chapter 3 / Splendid Paintings "Lovely Girl Paintings" Girl paintings incorporating Eastern motifs
Chapter 3 / Splendid Paintings "Splendid Female Paintings" Angels appearing as messengers of God
Chapter 4 / Paintings of Love "Uncertain Love" Depicting marriages that are not always happy
Chapter 4 / Paintings of Love "Family Love" Gentle and heartwarming moments of mother and child affection
【CONTENTS】 ●Introduction Find your own masterpiece from the "periphery"
●Chapter 1 Paintings of Fantasy and Mystery Fantasy Mythological Worlds 1-4 Symbolism 1-4 Spiritualism 1-3 Column "Young Poland" and the Fin de Siècle in Poland
●Chapter 2 Beautiful Landscapes Moonlit Landscapes 1-3 Freezing Landscapes 1-3 Pastoral Landscapes 1-4 Column Artists' Villages where Nordic Painters Gathered
●Chapter 3 Splendid Paintings Lovely Girl Paintings 1-4 Splendid Female Paintings 1-4 Elegant Moments 1-3 Column Aestheticism and Tonalism in America
●Chapter 4 Paintings of Love Romance of Men and Women 1-3 Uncertain Love 1-2 Family Love 1-3 Column Women Who Lived for Love and Art: Gwen and Marie
●Chapter 5 Aesthetic Painters The World of Mikalojus Čiurlionis The World of Harriet Backer The World of Helen McNicoll The World of Valentin Serov
【Author Profile】 Naoki Inaba Born in 1991, from Niigata City. Graduated from Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of Russian Studies. Representative of "Art Book Iskusstvo." In 2017, established "Iskusstvo," a specialized bookstore for Russian and Eastern European art. Renamed to "Art Book Iskusstvo" in 2022. Currently, expands its scope to general Western art and is involved in importing and selling art books from overseas. Operates the painting introduction account "Estetism_jp" on X (formerly Twitter) with over 270,000 followers.
●X Account "Estetism_jp" https://x.com/Estetism_jp
●X Account "Art Book Iskusstvo" https://x.com/iskusstvo_shop
●Online Store "Art Book Iskusstvo" https://iskusstvo-jp.com/
『Your Unknown Aesthetic Masterpieces』 (Author: Naoki Inaba)
Title: Your Unknown Aesthetic Masterpieces Price: 1,980 JPY (1,800 JPY + tax) Format: A5 size / 144 pages (full color) ISBN: 978-4777831821 Release Date: May 1, 2026 Publisher: Tatsumi Publishing
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