Hokusai : thirty-six views of Mount Fuji / Amélie Balcou.

Author of booklet
Balcou, Amélie [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London ; New York, NY : Prestel Publishing, [2019]
  • ©2019
Description
2 volumes (46 pages, unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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    Summary note
    "Hokusai's series depicting Mount Fuji is widely considered to be the pinnacle of his career. This beautiful boxed accordion-fold edition comprises the full set of forty-six prints (the original thirty-six and ten more that were completed later) and features a luxurious silken binding along with a separate explanatory booklet. The book and booklet are packaged in an elegant slipcase. Devoted entirely to landscapes, Hokusai's series shows Mount Fuji from various viewpoints, framed in different ways. An indefatigable traveler who was passionate about nature, Hokusai explored every vantage point and season at the volcano. He presented it both as a solitary and majestic snow-capped peak and as a smaller object on a distant horizon. Hokusai also portrayed the mountain as an element in Japanese daily life and as an imposing force of nature that can be peaceful and beneficent, or ferocious and unforgiving. These impeccably reproduced prints invite readers to examine Hokusai's virtuosic use of color and composition, his talent for contrasting perspectives, and his interest in the dueling roles of man and nature. An exquisite objet d'art, this volume is the perfect vehicle for appreciating Hokusai's crowning achievement in all its lasting and subtle beauty"--Publisher's description.
    Notes
    • The booklet has 46 pages ; accordion-book is on continuous strip of 46 prints folded accordian style.
    • Pages of the accordion-book run from right to left.
    • Both book and booklet are packaged in a slipcase.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (page 12 of the booklet).
    Language note
    Translated from the French.
    Other title(s)
    • Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji
    • Hokusai : 36 views of Mount Fuji
    ISBN
    • 9783791386072 ((hardcover))
    • 3791386077 ((hardcover))
    OCLC
    1085209585
    RCP
    C - S
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