Hokusai
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- Created on: 09-12-18 22:11
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- Hokusai
- Context
- ukiyo-e
- Floating world
- Inspired impressionists
- Japonisme
- "If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting."
- He is inspired by european art
- According to the Brooklyn Rail: "many artists collected his woodcuts: which came to exemplify the new movement, is visibly influenced by Hokusai's work.
- He died May 10, 1849
- Hokusai produced his best works after the age of 60
- ukiyo-e
- How nature is implicit in his work
- Always depicts Fuji which was deified
- Nature is often more powerful than man
- Main Works
- The Great Wave under Kanagowa 1828–1833
- Most popular work is the ukiyo-e series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 1826 -1833
- Key Charectaristic
- Block print
- Use of Prussian blue
- Produced pictures of almost every kind of subject, including flowers, birds, and scenery from legends and everyday life.
- Incorporated European elements such as landscape perspective and realism into traditional Japanese styles to produce exciting new images
- Context
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