Hokusai

Hokusai
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This big and beautiful book presents a comprehensive survey of the work of one of Japan's greatest and most influential artists, together with a collection of essays that focus on a key aspects of the master's career. The book opens with an introductory essay by Gian Carlo Calza presenting an overview of the changing world into which Hokusai was born and through which he lived. This is followed by a series of essays, composed by distinguished Western and Japanese scholars, that present new research on a range of crucial areas of interest in Hokusai studies. These form a context for the core of the book, which embodies a retrospective of Hokusai's entire career, divided into seven chapters. Each chapter provides a succinct account of a phase in Hokusai's life, followed by a series of the finest and most representative works of that period. Great care has been taken throughout to choose for reproduction the best-preserved original prints that reveal Hokusai's mastery of line and colour to full advantage. This magnificent pictorial survey of Hokusai's prints, paintings and drawings is the first publication in English to make such a rich selection widely available, and to demonstrate the extraordinary range and quality of Hokusai's achievement. The final component of the book is a detailed scholarly commentary on each illustration that provides not only the necessary technical information but also a revealing analysis of style, color, composition and motif.
Country USA
Brand Phaidon Press
Manufacturer Phaidon Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 500 colour illustrations
ReleaseDate 2004-10-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 8601417066195

Country	USA
Brand	Phaidon Press
Manufacturer	Phaidon Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	500 colour illustrations
ReleaseDate	2004-10-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	8601417066195

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