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Hokusai's Great Wave (Objects in Focus)
Timothy Clark
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Description for Hokusai's Great Wave (Objects in Focus)
Paperback. "The Great Wave" is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. This book explores the meaning behind "Hokusai's Great Wave", in the context of "the Mount Fuji" series and Japanese art as a whole. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 29 illustrations, 28 in colour. BIC Classification: ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 211 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172. Series: Objects in Focus. 64 pages, 29 illustrations, 28 in colour. "The Great Wave" is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. This book explores the meaning behind "Hokusai's Great Wave", in the context of "the Mount Fuji" series and Japanese art as a whole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACBP; AFH. Dimension: 154 x 211 x 6. Weight: 158.
‘The Great Wave’ is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. The print, of which numerous multiples were made, shows a monster of a wave rearing up and about to come crashing down on three fishing boats and their crews. One of a monumental series known as ‘Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji’, Hokusai’s Great Wave – with the graceful snow-clad Mount Fuji on the horizon, unperturbed but wittily dwarfed by the towering strength of the wave that threatens to engulf the struggling boats – has become an iconic image of the power of nature and ... Read more
‘The Great Wave’ is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. The print, of which numerous multiples were made, shows a monster of a wave rearing up and about to come crashing down on three fishing boats and their crews. One of a monumental series known as ‘Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji’, Hokusai’s Great Wave – with the graceful snow-clad Mount Fuji on the horizon, unperturbed but wittily dwarfed by the towering strength of the wave that threatens to engulf the struggling boats – has become an iconic image of the power of nature and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Objects in Focus
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714124674
SKU
V9780714124674
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About Timothy Clark
Timothy Clark is Head of the Japanese Section in the Department of Asia at the British Museum.
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