Over 270,000 X Followers! "Your Unknown Aesthetic Masterpieces," Selected by the Person Behind the Acclaimed Art Account "Aesthetic Paintings and Objects," to be Released on May 1st (Friday)!
Naoki Inaba, who operates the art account "Aesthetic Paintings and Objects" with over 270,000 followers on X, has curated the art book "Your Unknown Aesthetic Masterpieces," which will be released by Tatsumi Publishing on May 1, 2026. The book features 170 Western paintings from the 19th to early 20th century, including fantastical works from Eastern and Northern Europe not found in textbooks, offering a new appreciation experience for art lovers and social media users.
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『Your Unknown Aesthetic Masterpieces』（Author: Naoki Inaba)
▼Amazon▼
https://amzn.asia/d/042p6nf2
▼Rakuten Books▼
https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/18529369/
Featuring a total of 170 works, including those from famous art countries as well as fantastical pieces from Eastern and Northern Europe!
This book introduces beautiful and memorable paintings from 19th to early 20th-century Western art that are rarely encountered in textbooks or standard art books. The selector is Naoki Inaba, who operates the popular art account "Aesthetic Paintings and Objects" on social media. It widely features works not only from famous art countries like Italy and France but also fantastical pieces from Eastern and Northern Europe.
Why are these paintings not well-known? Why are they so captivating? Such small questions and excitements become the gateway to enjoying art.
This is a book for those who feel a bit nervous about going to museums but love looking at paintings, offering an encounter with "first aesthetic" art.
When one hears "aestheticism," it might evoke an impression of dilettantism or frivolity. However, I believe that aestheticism, as an attitude of appreciation that fully savors visual beauty, should exist as a modest resistance to the intellectualization of contemporary art appreciation. With this thought, I continue to introduce paintings daily.
As I casually searched for "aesthetic" paintings, I noticed something. Many of these paintings are placed as "peripheral" works, outside the "center."
This book focuses on paintings from Northern and Eastern Europe, which have been geographically positioned as "peripheral" in Western art history, while also traversing the UK, France, Germany, and even the United States, Canada, and Australia, introducing relatively unknown paintings.
(From the Introduction)
Chapter 1 / Paintings of Fantasy and Mystery "From Spiritualism"
Hilma af Klint, evaluated after 100 years
Chapter 2 / Beautiful Landscape Paintings "Moonlit Landscapes"
Poetic landscapes and mental landscapes of Northern Europe
Chapter 3 / Gorgeous Paintings "Lovely Girl Paintings"
Girl paintings incorporating Eastern motifs
Chapter 3 / Gorgeous Paintings "Gorgeous 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"
Moments of gentle and heartwarming affection between mother and child
【CONTENTS】
●Introduction
Find your own masterpiece from the "periphery"
●Chapter 1 Paintings of Fantasy and Mystery
Mythical worlds of fantasy 1-4
Symbolism 1-4
Spiritualism 1-3
Column "Young Poland" and the Fin de Siècle in Poland
●Chapter 2 Beautiful Landscape Paintings
Moonlit landscapes 1-3
Freezing landscapes 1-3
Pastoral landscapes 1-4
Column Artists' villages where Nordic painters gathered
●Chapter 3 Gorgeous Paintings
Lovely girl paintings 1-4
Gorgeous female paintings 1-4
Elegant moments 1-3
Column Aestheticism and Tonalism in America
●Chapter 4 Paintings of Love
Romance between 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, Russian Language Department. Representative of "Art Book Iskusstvo."
In 2017, established "Iskusstvo," a specialty bookstore for Russian and Eastern European art. Renamed to "Art Book Iskusstvo" in 2022. Currently, he has expanded his scope to all Western art and is involved in importing and selling art books from overseas. He operates the art introduction account "Aesthetic Paintings and Objects" on X (formerly Twitter), which has over 270,000 followers.
●X account "Aesthetic Paintings and Objects"
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 (all color)
ISBN: 978-4777831821
Release Date: May 1, 2026
Publisher: Tatsumi Publishing
▼Amazon▼
https://amzn.asi
▼Amazon▼
https://amzn.asia/d/042p6nf2
▼Rakuten Books▼
https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/18529369/
Featuring a total of 170 works, including those from famous art countries as well as fantastical pieces from Eastern and Northern Europe!
This book introduces beautiful and memorable paintings from 19th to early 20th-century Western art that are rarely encountered in textbooks or standard art books. The selector is Naoki Inaba, who operates the popular art account "Aesthetic Paintings and Objects" on social media. It widely features works not only from famous art countries like Italy and France but also fantastical pieces from Eastern and Northern Europe.
Why are these paintings not well-known? Why are they so captivating? Such small questions and excitements become the gateway to enjoying art.
This is a book for those who feel a bit nervous about going to museums but love looking at paintings, offering an encounter with "first aesthetic" art.
When one hears "aestheticism," it might evoke an impression of dilettantism or frivolity. However, I believe that aestheticism, as an attitude of appreciation that fully savors visual beauty, should exist as a modest resistance to the intellectualization of contemporary art appreciation. With this thought, I continue to introduce paintings daily.
As I casually searched for "aesthetic" paintings, I noticed something. Many of these paintings are placed as "peripheral" works, outside the "center."
This book focuses on paintings from Northern and Eastern Europe, which have been geographically positioned as "peripheral" in Western art history, while also traversing the UK, France, Germany, and even the United States, Canada, and Australia, introducing relatively unknown paintings.
(From the Introduction)
Chapter 1 / Paintings of Fantasy and Mystery "From Spiritualism"
Hilma af Klint, evaluated after 100 years
Chapter 2 / Beautiful Landscape Paintings "Moonlit Landscapes"
Poetic landscapes and mental landscapes of Northern Europe
Chapter 3 / Gorgeous Paintings "Lovely Girl Paintings"
Girl paintings incorporating Eastern motifs
Chapter 3 / Gorgeous Paintings "Gorgeous 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"
Moments of gentle and heartwarming affection between mother and child
【CONTENTS】
●Introduction
Find your own masterpiece from the "periphery"
●Chapter 1 Paintings of Fantasy and Mystery
Mythical worlds of fantasy 1-4
Symbolism 1-4
Spiritualism 1-3
Column "Young Poland" and the Fin de Siècle in Poland
●Chapter 2 Beautiful Landscape Paintings
Moonlit landscapes 1-3
Freezing landscapes 1-3
Pastoral landscapes 1-4
Column Artists' villages where Nordic painters gathered
●Chapter 3 Gorgeous Paintings
Lovely girl paintings 1-4
Gorgeous female paintings 1-4
Elegant moments 1-3
Column Aestheticism and Tonalism in America
●Chapter 4 Paintings of Love
Romance between 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, Russian Language Department. Representative of "Art Book Iskusstvo."
In 2017, established "Iskusstvo," a specialty bookstore for Russian and Eastern European art. Renamed to "Art Book Iskusstvo" in 2022. Currently, he has expanded his scope to all Western art and is involved in importing and selling art books from overseas. He operates the art introduction account "Aesthetic Paintings and Objects" on X (formerly Twitter), which has over 270,000 followers.
●X account "Aesthetic Paintings and Objects"
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 (all color)
ISBN: 978-4777831821
Release Date: May 1, 2026
Publisher: Tatsumi Publishing
▼Amazon▼
https://amzn.asi