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    Hokusai
    Hokusai
    Hokusai
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    Hokusai

    By Sandra Forty

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    Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous of a sequence of names used by a versatile and long-lived Japanese artist who worked in many genres and schools, evolving a unique style that made him known then as well as now as a true master. He was an unusual and restless man who slipped boundaries and made fresh connections, yet never sought great wealth or position. Hokusai produced over 30,000 different designs, prints, illustrations, paintings, and sketches. He is especially known for bringing perspective to the traditional one-dimensional woodblock color print. This revolutionary introduction caused him to be viewed by his contemporaries as a truly radical artist. His impact was felt far beyond Japan. The French Impressionists, among others, were strongly influenced by his use of color and space. Most well known for his Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which is really 46 when he created another 10 views after the original series was complete, Hokusai also perfected the art of manga (comics), book illustrations, and erotic art. Still painting at the age of 87, Hokusai died two years later. His three-line death poem reads: “Even as a ghost, I shall gaily tread, the summer moors.” His work is evocative of that gentle sentiment.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTAJ Books International
    Release dateMar 3, 2013
    ISBN9781844062997
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    Sandra Forty

    Sandra Forty is a graduate of London University where she studied medieval and early modern history, including a spell at the Courtauld Institute learning about Renaissance art from Professor Gombrich. Since then she has worked as a journalist in London, then as a book editor and writer. She is the author of a number of books, most on art and architecture. Sandra lives in south Devon with her husband, children and many cats.

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      Hokusai - Sandra Forty

      Published by TAJ Books International LLC 2013

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      ISBN 978-1-84406-262-1

      PRINT ISBN: XXXXXXXXXXXXX

      Printed in China.

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      KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI

      1760–1849

      Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous of a sequence of names used by a versatile and long-lived Japanese artist who worked in many genres and schools, absorbing techniques from both inside and outside his own culture. In this way, he evolved a unique style and became a true master, creating new forms in the various media in which he worked. Hokusai’s name changes mirrored spiritual, artistic, and physical developments in his own life. He was an unusual and restless man who slipped boundaries and made fresh connections, yet never sought great wealth or position, staying true to himself and to his art.

      Even for such a long career his output was staggering. He produced over 30,000 different designs, prints, illustrations, paintings, and sketches. Hokusai is particularly known for transforming the traditional one-dimensional landscape color woodblock print with perspective. This evolution made him seem radical and almost foreign to his countrymen, because conventional Japanese appreciation was more traditional and restrained. His impact was felt far beyond Japan, influencing many other artists, including the French Impressionists. His long career spanned the

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