Hokusai's Project: The Articulation of Pictorial Space

by David J. Bell

This important new study on the great ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai is not so much about who he was or what he did, but rather an in-depth appreciation, involving close examination of some forty-four Hokusai prints, of why his works appear in the way they do and how he evolved his own unique artistic style. Although a prolific artist, the focus is mostly on his later woodblock prints when his distinctive style, today recognized worldwide,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905246153
• ISBN13: 9781905246151
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.9"