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Author: Andreas Marks
Publisher: Taschen GmbH
Imprint: Taschen GmbH
Edition: Multilingual edition
Dimensions:
Width: 44.00cm
, Height: 5.60cm
, Length: 30.00cm
Weight: 3.912kg
ISBN: 9783836575720
ISBN 10: 3836575728
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 12 May 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Book
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: English, German, French
Reviews
From the age of five, I have had a mania for sketching the form of things. * Hokusai * [Thirty-Six views of Mount Fuji] will enable you to get closer to Hokusai's beauty and genius. * creativeboom.com *
From the age of five, I have had a mania for sketching the form of things. * Hokusai * [Thirty-Six views of Mount Fuji] will enable you to get closer to Hokusai's beauty and genius. * creativeboom.com * The year's most beautiful art volume celebrates Hokusai's big wave, snow-capped peak, tourists on the bridge, not just as beloved images but for the exquisite craft of woodblock printing. An object of luxurious, tactile delight - Japanese traditional binding, uncut paper, silken box with wooden closures - enhanced by insightful commentary. * The Financial Times *
[Thirty-Six views of Mount Fuji] will enable you to get closer to Hokusai's beauty and genius. * creativeboom.com *
From the age of five, I have had a mania for sketching the form of things. * Hokusai * [Thirty-Six views of Mount Fuji] will enable you to get closer to Hokusai's beauty and genius. * creativeboom.com * The year's most beautiful art volume celebrates Hokusai's big wave, snow-capped peak, tourists on the bridge, not just as beloved images but for the exquisite craft of woodblock printing. An object of luxurious, tactile delight - Japanese traditional binding, uncut paper, silken box with wooden closures - enhanced by insightful commentary. * The Financial Times * A visually stunning reproduction of the great Japanese printmaker's most famous series. * The Times * Shares the late great's fascination with the dormant volcano through his original series of 36 prints. * mymodernmet.com *
Author Information
Andreas Marks studied East Asian art history at the University of Bonn and obtained his PhD in Japanology from Leiden University with a thesis on 19th-century actor prints. From 2008 to 2013 he was director and chief curator of the Clark Center for Japanese Art in Hanford, California, and since 2013 has been the Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese and Korean Art and director of the Clark Center for Japanese Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. In 2024, he was awarded the commendation of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his contributions to the promotion of Japanese culture.
