Hokusai: Il vecchio pazzo per la pittura

by Gian Carlo Calza

The work of Hokusai offers an opportunity to undertake a journey through Japanese style, traditions and culture. The exhibition, held in the Palazzo Reale, Milan, and catalogue feature five disciplines of work: paintings, prints, illustrated works, drawings and applied arts. These are grouped into six main phases, moving from the Shunro period to the Manji epoch. The final section of the publication considers Hokusai's influence on artists such as Degas, Manet and Lautrec. Hokusai offers an artistic mirror on the Japanese way of life.

Genres: Art, Japan, Reference, Nonfiction, Japanese Literature, Collections, History

526 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[E. G.]

Acknowledgements
A Note to the Reader

--Hokusai: a Universe, Gian Carlo Calza
--The Young Hokusai, Roger S. Keyes
--Western Influences in Hokusai's Art, Matthi Forrer
--'All Creation is the Teacher': Hokusai the Individualist in Two of his Painting Manuals, John M. Rosenfield
--Love's Labours Found: the Erotic Art of Hokusai, Richard Lane
--Surimono Art and Literary Circles: the Genroku kasen kai awase and Umazukushi Series, Asano Shūgō
--In a Fantasy World: Hokusai's Late Works, Tsuji Nobuo
--Hokusai's Letters, Kobayashi Tadashi

--I. Under the Sign of the Dragon: the Shunrō Period
--II. Individualism and Autonomy: the Sōri Period
--III. Maturity: the Hokusai Period
--IV. Handbooks, Handbooks, Handbooks: the Taito Period
--V. Revolution in Landscape: the Iitsu Period
--VI. Beyond the Impossible: the Manji Period
--VII. Beyond the Margins of the Western Sea: Hokusai and Japonisme

--List of Works

Glossary
Bibliography
Index of works by Hokusai
General Index

[Owlseyes]

Hokusai: the Great Wave that swept the world
in:https://www.theguardian.com/artanddes...

[Elisa Pierandrei]

Molto intenso

[Devero]

Bello. Conoscevo ben poco di Hokusai prima della lettura di questo testo, giusto le famosissime 36 vedute del monte Fuji. Ho imparato molto di più sul suo periodo storico in Giappone, sull'evoluzione dell'arte in quel paese e sulle influenze, ricevute e date, rispetto all'arte europea.
4 stelle.

[Jane]

Saw a documentary - ordered the book. An extraordinary collection of intricate and powerful art. Hokusai is someone I knew nothing about. This is a fabulous, comprehensive introduction.

[Merahnaga]

Sudah sangat ingin ini, malah out of stock

[Mike P]

Amazing journey into Japanese culture though art. Great

[Vanlilith]

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[EGSC Library]

Professor Desmal Purcell recently gave this book 5 stars. If you'd like to borrow Hokusai , it is available at the EGSC Library.

[Paula]

Beautiful book.