Hokusai - Timothy Clark
the great picture book of everything
KORTE INHOUD
In a world-first this autumn, a group of rare drawings by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai will go on display at the Museum. The drawings, depicting scenes from ancient China, Buddhist India and the natural world, were produced in the 1820-40s for an illustrated encyclopaedia called The Great Picture Book of Everything . However, for reasons unknown, the book was never published, saving these exceptional works from being destroyed as part of the woodblock printing process.Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) is considered by many to be Japan’s greatest artist. During his seventy-year career, he produced a considerable oeuvre of some 3,000 colour prints, illustrations for over 200 books, hundreds of drawings and over 1,000 paintings. These 103 exciting and exquisite small drawings were made for an unpublished book called Great Picture Book of Everything – featuring wide-ranging subjects from depictions of religious, mythological, historical and literary figures to animals, birds, flowers and other natural phenome...
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2021Uitgever: British Museum Press176 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 222x210ISBN-10: 0714124893ISBN-13: 9780714124896Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760?1849) is considered by many to be Japan?s greatest artist. During his seventy-year career, he produced a considerable oeuvre of some 3,000 color prints, illustrations for over 200 books, hundreds of drawings, and over 1,000 paintings. This exciting collection of 103 exquisite small drawings were made for an unpublished book called The Great Picture Book of Everything ? featuring wide-ranging subjects from depictions of religious, mythological, historical, and literary figures to ani...
