Hokusai by Rhiannon Paget - ISBN: 9783836563376
Hardcover
Explore Japan’s legendary Hokusai, whose iconic wave changed art forever.

Hokusai

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  • Hardcover

    96 pages

  • Release Date

    8 August 2018

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Summary

Meet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai (1760-1849) is not only one of the giants of Japanese art and a legend of the Edo period, but also significantly influenced Western modernism, whose prolific gamut of prints, illustrations, paintings, and beyond forms one of the most comprehensive oeuvres of ukiyo-e art and a benchmark of japonisme. His influence spread through Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9783836563376
ISBN-10:3836563371
Author:Rhiannon Paget
Publisher:Taschen GmbH
Imprint:Taschen GmbH
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:8 August 2018
Weight:533g
Dimensions:260mm x 210mm x 14mm
Series:Basic Art
About The Author

Rhiannon Paget

Rhiannon Paget studied at Tokyo University of the Arts and received her doctorate in Japanese Art History from the University of Sydney, Australia. The curator of Asian art at the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, she has published research on Japanese woodblock prints, textiles, board games, and nihonga.

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