Hokusai's Project: The Articulation of Pictorial Space - Bell, David
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This new study on the great ukiyo-e artist Hokusai is not so much about who he was or what he did, but an in-depth appreciation of why his works appear the way they do and how he created them. Though a prolific artist, the focus is mostly on his later woodblock prints when his distinctive style, today recognized around the world, became fully crystallized: How was it that, faced like so many other artists of his time with the same challenges of social, aesthetic, personal, and contractual factors, the "Hokusai style" or methodology in the way he manipulated pictorial conventions and the use of…mehr

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This new study on the great ukiyo-e artist Hokusai is not so much about who he was or what he did, but an in-depth appreciation of why his works appear the way they do and how he created them. Though a prolific artist, the focus is mostly on his later woodblock prints when his distinctive style, today recognized around the world, became fully crystallized: How was it that, faced like so many other artists of his time with the same challenges of social, aesthetic, personal, and contractual factors, the "Hokusai style" or methodology in the way he manipulated pictorial conventions and the use of space emerged, and why it was so successful. The book is structured around three main themes: How Hokusai learned his trade; Hokusai, Mount Fuji, and the articulation of pictorial space; and Hokusai: Flowers, poets, and aesthetic detachment.
Autorenporträt
David Bell is director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Otago's Department of Education, New Zealand. He gained his PhD from the University of Otago for his research into ukiyo-e, which was subsequently published as Ukiyo-e Explained by Global Oriental (2004). His previous publications have focused on the history and theory of print-making, and include Alexander Hare McLintock: Printmaker (1994) and Chushingura and the Floating World (2001). He is currently engaged in research relating to aspects of sensibility in the Edo period.