Hokusai

by Gian Carlo Calza, Matthi Forrer, Roger S Keyes

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.

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

520 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[E. G. · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Molto intenso

[Devero · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sudah sangat ingin ini, malah out of stock

[Mike P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing journey into Japanese culture though art. Great

[Vanlilith · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[EGSC Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Paula · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book.