Visions of Fuji - Artists From the Floating World

This gorgeous new book discusses the ever-present inspiration of Fuji in Japanese culture, its continued presence in 19th-century Ukiyo-e woodblock art and its influence on Western art. It reproduces numerous examples of the stunning artworks, some in complete series. Featuring prints by artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige, as well as others.

About the author

Michael Kerrigan (author) has written on the history, mythology, arts and culture of many different countries, from India to Ireland and from Mongolia to Peru. His abridgements of The Journals of Lewis and Clark (2004) and Charles Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle: The Journals that Revealed Nature’s Grand Plan (2005) presented the explorers’ own journals, in their own words, for modern readers. More recently he has been author of Best-kept Secrets of Paris (2012), Undiscovered Wales (2015) and A Dark History of China (2019). A longstanding contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, he lives with his family in Edinburgh.

Summary

This gorgeous new book discusses the ever-present inspiration of Fuji in Japanese culture, its continued presence in 19th-century Ukiyo-e woodblock art and its influence on Western art. It reproduces numerous examples of the stunning artworks, some in complete series. Featuring prints by artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige, as well as others.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Kerrigan
• Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781783619894
• ISBN: 978-1-78361-989-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Masterworks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Japan, ART / Prints, ART / Techniques / Printmaking, History of Art, East Asia, Far East, Art & Design, Prints and printmaking, Fuji; Japanese art; Japanese woodblocks; hokusai; great wave