Enjoy A Thrilling Tour To Mount Fuji By: Mark Lee | - Throughout the history of Japan Mount Fuji in a great measure, and one of the most famous depictions of the almost sacred mountain is the "36 Views of Mount Fuji" series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai (1760 -1849).
Some facts about Mount Fuji is 3776 meters include (12,290 feet) high, about 161 kilometers (100 miles) south-west of Tokyo, and the last eruption of Mount Fuji was about 300 years ago, in 1707.
Nils Udo D"€™aprÈs Nature By: aarenbrowns | - Trop rarement expos Paris, le Land Art y est prsent cet t avec une exposition sur le travail de Nils Udo, artiste allemand du mouvement qui prsente
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NEW YORK ASIA WEEK, 2011
New York Asia Week, launched by the auction houses in the early 1990s, presumes that people who are interested in Tibetan sculpture might somehow also be interested in Malaysian batik and Chinese contemporary.
NEW YORK ASIA WEEK, 2011
New York Asia Week, launched by the auction houses in the early 1990s, presumes that people who are interested in Tibetan sculpture might somehow also be interested in Malaysian batik and Ch ... Tags:NEW YORK ASIA WEEK
In his early years (the age of 7) Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) was already fascinated by pictures of warriors and kabuki actors. At the age of 14 he became a member of the successful Utagawa school and was one of the many talented students under master Utagawa Toyokuni I. After an initial laborious start with modest successes he rediscovered the subject of the Suikoden Heroes and his first few prints were an instant commercial success.
10 Appealing Japanese Shunga Woodblock Prints By: Artscene | - Shunga, literally "Images of Spring", is the generic term used to describe erotic prints, books, scrolls and paintings of Japan.
As a dealer of Japanese woodblock prints and shunga in particular I have come accross numerous striking and evocative designs. The following 10 shunga designs appeal to me and are in no typical order. These prints I saw in books, on auctions and in private collections.
Ukiyo-e Master Hokusai's Great Wave Of Woodblock Art By: Artscene | - Hokusai (1760-1849) is world-famous for his designs of Mount Fuji, the most famous mountain of Japan. Hokusai (meaning 'pole-star' ) represents Mount Fuji in an impressive triangular shape in his prints of the holy mountain in the summer with massive floating clouds with lightning to the side of the mountian. One glance on such a simple and effective composition makes an unforgettable impression on the viewer.
A Netsuke Of Us$230.000,- ! By: Artscene | - A netsuke (net-skeh) is a miniature sculpture developed in Japan over a period of more than three hundred years. The kimono, the traditional form of Japanese dress, had no pockets. Men suspended pouches (inro) on a silk cord from their sash (obi) . To stop the cord from slipping through the "obi", a small toggle is attached. That small toggle is the "netsuke".
Suppressed Themes In The Woodblock Art Of Shunga By: Artscene | - Shunga, literally "Images of Spring", is the generic term used to describe erotic prints, books, scrolls and paintings of Japan.
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Only recently (1990s) the study of shunga images depicting male-male and female-female acts of love have been commenced. This belated research of this "hidden domain" was caused by the official censorship in Japan and also because of the unease and prudery concerning the specific subject-matter in the past.
Isoda Koryusai (c.1735-90) originally a samurai became, after the death of his master, the lord of Tsuchiya, a so-called r'nin (a lordless knight) and a 'floating man'. Most of these 'floating people' ended up in low water but Koryusai chose to be a painter and a designer of woodblock prints. At first he was most probably a student of Nishimura Shigenaga (1697-1756) but his friend and Ukiyo-e master Harunobu (c.1725-1770) had the greatest influence on his work. It wa ... Tags:koryusai, harunobu, kiyonaga, erotic, utamaro, shunga, hokusai
The beginning of the shunga genre is connected with the origins of Ukiyo-e ('Images of the floating world') and starts with the work of Hishikawa Moronobu and his school between 1660-1670. Originally shunga were published as erotic manuals (guides) for the most popular courtesans in houses of pleasure. But with the growth of pro ... Tags:shunga, hokusai, utamaro, japanese woodblock print, ukiyo-e, edo
Pastel Art Techniques Used By Edgar Degas - Is This Style Dead? By: Katie Dawson | - Pastel art techniques became popular during the 19th century, and were used by the French painter Edgar Degas. This pastel artist redefined art pastels with his innovative drawings on differently colored bases, experiments with shapes and textures of pastel strokes and with the element of "unfinished" in his pastel art. Degas's paintings, a part of Impressionism (art movement), were mostly based on subjects, such as dancers, racecourse subjects, women at work and nudes.
