An edition of Hokusai Life and Work (1989)

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An edition of Hokusai Life and Work (1989)

Hokusai, life and work

1st American ed.

Hokusai's (1760-1849) best-known images--majestic views of Mount Fuji, the foaming crest of an ocean wave about to burst--seem quintessentially Japanese, yet, as Lane's monograph clearly demonstrates, they barely suggest the range of this prolific and inventive printmaker, book illustrator and painter. Crammed with over 360 plates (one-third in color), this scholarly album presents an artist of many moods and styles, from poignantly lyrical to startlingly dramatic, from stylishly traditional to poetic to explicitly erotic. Hokusai's 15 volumes of sketchbooks, sampled here, are an encyclopedic record of Far Eastern customs, personalities, legends and material civilization. He invariably brought an empathic touch to his subject, whether a Zen patriarch, roadside entertainers, lovers or flying swallows; even inanimate objects live under his gaze. Lane ( Images from the Floating World ) has produced a remarkably comprehensive critical-biographical study.

Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Publisher
Dutton
Language
English
Pages
320

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Hokusai, life and work
1989, Dutton
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
760/.092, B
Library of Congress
NE1325.K3 L35 1989, IN RPOCESS (ONLINE)

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Pagination
320 p. :
Number of pages
320

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2412931M
ISBN 10
0525244557
LCCN
87070513
Library Thing
1302249
Goodreads
1722476

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