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Hokusai / C. J. Holmes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holmes, C. J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849.
- Katsushika, Hokusai.
- Artists--Japan--Biography.
- Artists.
- Printmakers--Japan--Biography.
- Printmakers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (420 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Parkstone International, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Without a doubt, Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous Japanese artist since the middle of the nineteenth century whose art is known to the Western world. Reflecting the artistic expression of an isolated civilisation, the works of Hokusai - one of the first Japanese artists to emerge in Europe - greatly influenced the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters, such as Vincent van Gogh. Considered during his life as a living Ukiyo-e master, Hokusai fascinates us with the variety and the significance of his work, which spanned almost ninety years and is presented here in all its breadth and
- Contents:
- INDEX; BIOGRAPHY; HOKUSAI'S LIFE; HOKUSAI'S PRINTS AND DRAWINGS; HOKUSAI - THE PAINTER OF LIFE; HOKUSAI - THE PAINTER OF LANDSCAPE; CHARACTERISTICS OF HOKUSAI'S WORK
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, June 8, 2014).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783104963
- 1783104961
- 9781783109159
- 1783109157
- OCLC:
- 881570301
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