《阴翳礼赞》是日本文豪谷崎润一郎的随笔集。收录《阴翳礼赞》、《懒惰之说》、《恋爱及色情》、《厌客》、《旅行杂话》、《厕所种种》六篇随笔，是谷崎润一郎的随笔代表作。其中最广为人知的《阴翳礼赞》从“阴翳造就了东方建筑美”这一观点出发，衍生开来，探讨了东方建筑和文化的精妙之处。其他各篇也围绕东方和西方文化的差异，行文挥洒自如，旁征博引，妙趣横生，可以说建立了一个“谷崎式”的东方美学体系。

The Impressionists, a three part factual drama for BBC ONE, vividly reconstructs the movement's remarkable story. Based on archive letters, records and interviews from the time, the series records the lives of the artists who were to transform the art world. It is a tale of poverty and of a struggle for recognition, set against a backdrop of war and revolution. But at the heart is the brotherhood of artists, bound by enduring friendships and their commitment to a new type of art which survived rows, rivalries, duels and crises. The story is led by the paintings. Some of the world's most memorable art works are recreated here following the same techniques that the artists used at the time. The series reveals how Monet took just 40 minutes to paint his seminal work Impression: Sunrise in a race against time to capture the light; why Manet's depiction of Olympia, in which his model brazenly gazes out of the canvas, so outraged Parisian society; and how Cézanne's 60 paintings of one mountain, Montagne Saint-Victoire, laid the foundations for cubism and modern art.

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.

2003 film directed by Peter Webber