{"product_id":"9783836563376-hokusai","title":"Hokusai","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world.\u003cstrong\u003e Hokusai\u003c\/strong\u003e (1760–1849) is not only one of the \u003cstrong\u003egiants of Japanese art \u003c\/strong\u003eand a legend of the Edo period, but also significantly influenced\u003cstrong\u003e Western modernism\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose prolific gamut of prints, illustrations, paintings, and beyond forms one of the most comprehensive oeuvres of \u003cem\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e art and a benchmark of \u003cem\u003ejaponisme\u003c\/em\u003e. His influence spread through Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and beyond, enrapturing the likes of Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, and Vincent van Gogh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hokusai was always a man on the move. He changed domicile more than 90 and used over 30 pseudonyms. In his art, he adopted the same restlessness,\u003cstrong\u003e covering the complete spectrum of Japanese \u003cem\u003eukiyo\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003ee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e,“pictures of the floating world”, from single-sheet prints of landscapes and actors to \u003cstrong\u003eerotic books\u003c\/strong\u003e. In addition, he created\u003cstrong\u003e album prints, illustrations \u003c\/strong\u003efor verse anthologies and historical novels, and \u003cem\u003esurimono\u003c\/em\u003e, which were privately issued prints for special occasions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hokusai’s print series \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003epublished between \u003cem\u003ec\u003c\/em\u003e. 1830 and 1834 is the artist’s most renowned work and, with its soaring peak through different seasons and from different vantage points, marked the towering summit of the Japanese landscape print. The series’ \u003cem\u003eUnder the Wave off Kanagawa, \u003c\/em\u003ealso known simply as \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Wave\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, is one of the \u003cstrong\u003emost recognized images of Japanese art in the world\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This TASCHEN introduction spans the length and breadth of Hokusai’s career with key pieces from his far-reaching portfolio. Through these meticulous, majestic works and series, we trace the \u003cstrong\u003evariety of Hokusai’s subjects, from erotic books to historical novels\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the evolution of his vivid formalism and decisive delineation of space through color and line that would go on to \u003cstrong\u003eliberate Western art from the constraints of its one-point perspective\u003c\/strong\u003e and unleash the modernist momentum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945873518689,"sku":"9783836563376","price":15.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34464873.jpg?v=1747908746","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9783836563376-hokusai","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}