Yamamoto Takato.
Japan Artist
Yamato-e. *Japanese art
Yellow Book, The (1894—7). Ill. periodical to
which many distinguished writers and artists
— e.g. Henry James and Max Beerbohm —
contributed, but particularly associated
with the 'decadents' and 'aesthetes' of the
period, e.g. *Beardsley, Oscar Wilde and
Rolfe.
Yerka Jacek.
Surrealism
Yoruba. Tribal people of S.W. Nigeria; the
largest and one of the most artistically
prolific in W. Africa. They are noted for
wood carving, e.g. the masks of secret
societies and religious cult objects,
notably of the thunder god Shango. The
classical tradition of Y. art was that of
*Ife.
Yoseki-tsukuri. *Japanese art
Yiian. The Mongol dynasty of China (1260—
1368), a major epoch of *Chinese art. The
painter Ch'ien Hsuan (c. 1235—after 1300)
pioneered the return to archaic styles (e.g.
of the T-ang period). *Chao Meng-fu's
landscapes combined respect for the antique,
using brush techniques of neglected *Sung
masters, with an original use of colour and
spontaneity. He was followed by the 'Four
Masters': Huang Rung Wang (1269—1354) whose
magnificent Living in the hu ch'un Mountains
survives; Ni Tsan (1301—74), whose noble and
austere manner was much copied; Wu Chen
(1280—1354) atK' Wang Mend (d. 1385).
Yuskavage Lisa
(born 16 May 1962) is a contemporary
American figurative painter known for her
overtly sexualized representations of the
painted female nude.
Yuskavage was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States,
North America. She attended the Tyler School of Art and received her MFA
from Yale in 1986. In the mid-1990s she participated in the group exhibitions "Figure as
Fiction" (1993), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; "My Little
Pretty" (1997), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; "Presumed
Innocence" (1997); "Pop Surrealism" (1998), Aldrich Museum; and "The
Nude in Contemporary Art" (1999). Yuskavage's work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern
Art in New York. The artist is currently represented by David Zwirner, New York, and
greengrassi, London.
Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892)
Japan Artist
Yusho Kaiho (1533-1615) Japan
Artist