92. Title & Author: Hokusai: Mountains and Water, Flowers and Birds by Matthi Forrer (95 pages)
Genre: Nonfiction--Art History
Completed: 7 May 2009
Summary & Review:
Forrer gives a brief overview of the life, career, and works of the Japanese painter and printmaker Hokusai. Along with the essay there are beautiful full-color reproductions of dozens of Hokusai's prints, including his most famous, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Forrer gives a brief overview of the life, career, and works of the Japanese painter and printmaker Hokusai. Along with the essay there are beautiful full-color reproductions of dozens of Hokusai's prints, including his most famous, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
My art history education has been largely Eurocentric, like most art history programs. Thus, I don't have much of a background about Hokusai other than seeing an excellent exhibit of Japanese prints at the BYU Museum of Art. This book was a good, albeit very basic, introduction to this artist.
Rating: 7.0
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