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Masters of Asian Art

Masters of Asian Art. Katsushika Hokusai Art Smart . Where does Asian Art come from?. Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) . The Japanese artist, Hokusai, was born over 200 years ago He began his artwork when he was very young and created more than 30,000 paintings during his life

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Masters of Asian Art

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  1. Masters of Asian Art Katsushika Hokusai Art Smart

  2. Where does Asian Art come from?

  3. Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) • The Japanese artist, Hokusai, was born over 200 years ago • He began his artwork when he was very young and created more than 30,000 paintings during his life • Drawing was Hokusai’s passion. He traveled constantly - always carrying his sketchbook and brushes • During his lifetime he called himself by more than 30 names. The last name he gave himself was "An Old Man Crazy for Art"

  4. Hokusai was well known for sketching and painting ordinary daily scenes from his life and for making woodblock prints, which he later painted with watercolors or inks • The woodblocks he created were called ukiyo-e (pictures of everyday life in Japan) • What he is best known for today is his Mt Fujiyama series, “The Thirty-six Views of Mt Fuji” (which actually consists of 46 prints) • The most famous of this series is “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa”

  5. “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” • Unlike many famous art works, The Great Wave Off Kanagawa is not an oil painting, but a woodblock print • Mt. Fuji is considered to be a symbol of strength and the power of nature and the sea • The focal point is not the wave, nor the men in the boats, but Mt. Fuji standing calmly and solidly in the background • The turbulent wave seems to tower above the viewer, whereas the tiny stable pyramid of Mount Fuji sits in the distance • Foundering among the great waves are three boats thought to be barges conveying fish from the southern islands of Edo (modern Tokyo)

  6. Observing the weather: “A Gust of Wind at Ejiri” • In this picture, people huddle against the wind's powerful force and struggle to hold on to their belongings. • How many different ways does Hokusai show the effects of the weather? • The wind is strong enough to pull the leaves off the trees and send objects flying. Do you think they're in danger? • One woman has her papers scattered by the blowing air. Do you think she'll ever get them back? Where you do think they'll finally land?

  7. Eagle in a Snowstorm- 1848 Hanging scroll of ink on paper Hokusai painted this when he was 88 years old.

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