(0) Cart: 0
Books and moreBooks and accessoriesBooksHokusai by Rhiannon Paget

Hokusai by Rhiannon Paget

625 UAH
Meet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai (1760–1849) is not only on... Show more

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 a founding father of 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 beyond, enrapturing the likes of Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, and Vincent van Gogh.
Hokusai was always a man on the move. He changed domicile more than 90 times during his lifetime and changed his own name through over 30 pseudonyms. In his art, he adopted the same restlessness, covering the complete spectrum of Japanese ukiyo-e,“pictures of the floating world”, from single-sheet prints of landscapes and actors to erotic books. In addition, he created album prints, illustrations for verse anthologies and historical novels, and surimono, which were privately issued prints for special occasions.
Hokusai’s print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, published between c. 1830 and 1834 is the artist’s most renowned work and, with its soaring peak through different seasons and from different vantage points, marked the towering summit of the Japanese landscape print. The series’ Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known simply as The Great Wave, is one of the most recognized images of Japanese art in the world.
This TASCHEN introduction spans the length and breadth of Hokusai’s career with key pieces from his far-reaching portfolio. Through these meticulous, majestic works and series, we trace the variety of Hokusai’s subjects, from erotic books to historical novels, and the evolution of his vivid formalism and decisive delineation of space through color and line that would go on to liberate Western art from the constraints of its one-point perspective and unleash the modernist momentum.

Show less
137916
We can notify you as soon as the product is back in stock. Please leave us your email👇
Make this a gift

Add a future gift to the Basket ➞➞ Сhoose a wrapp and a postcard ➞➞ Leave a note in the comments on your order if the postcard needs to be signed and we will do it ➞➞ Indicate to whom to send the finished gift ➞➞ ... and we will send you a photo of how cool everything is looks ❤️
Returns

We will not be able to accept the return of books and other printed items. Make sure you ask us all the questions about this product before purchasing🙌

How to take care of this item?

Before use, we recommend opening it on any page, bringing it close to your face and breathing in the aroma of a new book.

Payment and delivery

We ship domestic orders daily by Nova Poshta (to the pick up office, post box or with a courier). For international shipping and payment options please contact our support team via Telegram Bot or Facebook Messenger Bot 10 am - 7 pm daily 🙌

New arrivals and our team in Instagram: @utopia_8