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Book - Hokusai's Fuji
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Book - Hokusai's Fuji
31 €
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- A beautifully illustrated exploration of one of Hokusai's key motifs: Mount Fuji. The Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji and the three volumes of The Hundred Views of Mount Fuji demonstrate Hokusai's fascination with this unique motif: Mount Fuji
- This near-obsession with Fuji was part of his quest for artistic immortality. In Buddhist and Taoist tradition, Fuji was considered the secret to eternal life, as suggested by a popular interpretation of its name: “Fu-shi” (“non-death”).
- Among these prints are three of the artist's most famous: The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Light Wind, Clear Morning and Storm at the Foot of the Summit. When he created his second major homage to Mount Fuji, the three volumes of One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, he used the pseudonyms Gakyo rojin ("Old Man Mad About Painting") and Manji ("Ten Thousand Things", or "Everything"). Contrasting the constancy and solidity of the mountain with the ravages of the surrounding elements, Hokusai represents Fuji throughout the seasons, in all weathers and in different landscapes, and thus conveys an important message: while life changes, Fuji remains unchanged.
- This book, which brings together all the illustrations of these two masterpieces, also presents many of Hokusai's earlier depictions of the mountain, as well as later paintings. In this way, through Mount Fuji, this work traces the history of Hokusai's work as a whole.
- Author: Katsushika Hokusai
- Number of pages: 416
- Dimensions: 15.6 x 21.7 cm
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