{"product_id":"hokusai-1760-1849-basic-art","title":"Hokusai: 1760 - 1849 (Basic Art)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHokusai (1760–1849), \u003cspan\u003eDiscover the artist whose majestic wave created shockwaves around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Hokusai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1760-1849) is not only a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003egiant of Japanese art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a legendary figure of the Edo period, he is also a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efounding father of Western modernism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, whose prolific production of illustrations, paintings, and prints, among other mediums, comprises one of the most comprehensive bodies of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e art and a benchmark in terms of Japonism. His influence extended to Impressionism, Art Nouveau and beyond. He fascinated great artists such as Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt and Vincent van Gogh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHokusai was always a man on the move. He moved more than 90 times during his life and even changed his name, adopting at least thirty pseudonyms for his work. In his art, he adopted the same feverishness, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e covered the entire spectrum of Japanese \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e these \"pictures of the floating world\". He produced landscape prints and kabuki actor prints, as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eerotic books, print albums and illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for poetry anthologies or historical novels, as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003esurimono\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, privately printed engravings for special occasions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHokusai's series of prints entitled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published between 1830 and 1834, is his most famous work, marking the pinnacle of Japanese landscape printmaking with its successive depictions of the illustrious mountain in different seasons and from multiple viewpoints. The series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnder the Wave Off Kanagawa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, also known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Great Wave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eone of the most famous images of Japanese art in the world\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis introduction published by TASCHEN covers Hokusai's career in its entire duration and breadth, through key works from his rich portfolio. Through the meticulous and majestic images and series, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003evariety of subjects addressed by Hokusai, from erotic books to historical novels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the evolution of his exuberant formalism, and his innovative way of delimiting space through colors and lines, which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ewould free Western art from the constraints of central perspective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and launch modernism, are revealed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Grimoire Ancien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56552235499845,"sku":"9783836563390","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1007\/1333\/3061\/files\/hokusai-1760-1849-basic-art-8823326.webp?v=1778592703","url":"https:\/\/legrimoireancien.com\/en\/products\/hokusai-1760-1849-basic-art","provider":"© 2026 Le Grimoire Ancien","version":"1.0","type":"link"}