{"product_id":"basic-art-series-hokusai","title":"Basic Art Series Hokusai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/Taschen_Logo_black_f2euvp.png?v=1774562533\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eMeet the artist whose majestic wave sent ripples across the world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\"\u003eHokusai\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, master artist and printmaker, is not only \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eone of the giants of Japanese art\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut a father figure to Western modernism, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003einspiring a whole new notion of space\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for artists from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=monet\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=monet\/\"\u003eMonet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to Morisot, Cassatt to Klimt. Spanning erotic books, historical novels, and album prints, this introduction traces the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efull scope of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\"\u003eHokusai\u003c\/a\u003e’s far-reaching portfolio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe wave that swept the world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHokusai, painter of the floating world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eMeet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\"\u003eHokusai\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1760–1849) is not only one of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003egiants of Japanese art\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eand a legend of the Edo period, but also significantly influenced\u003cstrong\u003e Western modernism\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose prolific gamut of prints, illustrations, paintings, and beyond forms one of the most comprehensive oeuvres of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eart and a benchmark of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ejaponisme\u003c\/em\u003e. His influence spread through Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and beyond, enrapturing the likes of Claude\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=monet\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=monet\/\"\u003eMonet\u003c\/a\u003e, Berthe Morisot, Edgar\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=degas\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=degas\/\"\u003eDegas\u003c\/a\u003e, Mary Cassatt, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/vincent-van-gogh\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/vincent-van-gogh\/\"\u003eVincent van Gogh\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\"\u003eHokusai\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas always a man on the move. He changed domicile more than 90 and used over 30 pseudonyms. In his art, he adopted the same restlessness,\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecovering the complete spectrum of Japanese\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eukiyo\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003ee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e,“pictures of the floating world”, from single-sheet prints of landscapes and actors to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eerotic books\u003c\/strong\u003e. In addition, he created\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealbum prints, illustrations\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003efor verse anthologies and historical novels, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esurimono\u003c\/em\u003e, which were privately issued prints for special occasions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\"\u003eHokusai\u003c\/a\u003e’s print series\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003epublished between\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ec\u003c\/em\u003e. 1830 and 1834 is the artist’s most renowned work and, with its soaring peak through different seasons and from different vantage points, marked the towering summit of the Japanese landscape print. The series’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnder the Wave off Kanagawa,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ealso known simply as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Wave\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, is one of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emost recognized images of Japanese art in the world\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis TASCHEN introduction spans the length and breadth of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\"\u003eHokusai\u003c\/a\u003e’s career with key pieces from his far-reaching portfolio. Through these meticulous, majestic works and series, we trace the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003evariety of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=hokusai\/\"\u003eHokusai\u003c\/a\u003e’s subjects, from erotic books to historical novels\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the evolution of his vivid formalism and decisive delineation of space through color and line that would go on to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eliberate Western art from the constraints of its one-point perspective\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand unleash the modernist momentum.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRhiannon Paget\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003estudied at Tokyo University of the Arts and received her doctorate in Japanese Art History from the University of Sydney, Australia. The curator of Asian art at the John \u0026amp; Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, she has published research on Japanese woodblock prints, textiles, board games, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003enihonga\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003eHokusai\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e8.3\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e10.2\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e1.18 lb, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e96 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-edition\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--book-isbn\"\u003eISBN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e978-3-8365-6337-6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"edition-selection__single-edition\"\u003eEdition: English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798096904493,"sku":"9783836563376","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/SHOPIFYTaschenCovers_08baa4e4-a397-4c5f-870a-cebb637c680b.png?v=1773085385","url":"https:\/\/peepasgiftstore.com\/products\/basic-art-series-hokusai","provider":"Peepa's Gift Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}