Phaidon, Date: 1999. Softcover. Very good/Very good. Dust jacket spine sunned. 1999. Phaidon ISBN 0714844578 9780714844572 [US]

ISBN10: 0714844578, ISBN13: 9780714844572, [publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd, United Kingdom, London] Softcover This big and beautiful book presents a comprehensive survey of the work of one of Japan's greatest and most influential artists, together with a collection of essays that focus on a key aspects of the master's career. The book opens with an introductory essay by Gian Carlo Calza presenting an overview of the changing world into which Hokusai was born and through which he lived. This is followed by a series of essays, composed by distinguished Western and Japanese scholars, that present new research on a range of crucial areas of interest in Hokusai studies. These form a context for the core of the book, which embodies a retrospective of Hokusai's entire career, divided into seven chapters. Each chapter provides a succinct account of a phase in Hokusai's life, followed by a series of the finest and most representative works of that period. Great care has been taken throughout to choose for reproduction the best-preserved original prints that reveal Hokusai's mastery of line and colour to full advantage. This magnificent pictorial survey of Hokusai's prints, paintings and drawings is the first publication in English to make such a rich selection widely available, and to demonstrate the extraordinary range and quality of Hokusai's achievement. The final component of the book is a detailed scholarly commentary on each ...

ISBN10: 0714844578, ISBN13: 9780714844572, [publisher: Berlin Phaidon] Softcover Neu neuware, importqualität, auf lager - Stunning new volume on the life and work of one of the greatest Japanese printmakers. Illustrates his entire career and explores the Western influence. 520 pp. Englisch
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2004]
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ISBN10: 0714844578, ISBN13: 9780714844572, [publisher: Phaidon] Softcover Dust jacket spine sunned.
[Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]
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ISBN10: 0714844578, ISBN13: 9780714844572, [publisher: Phaidon, New York] Softcover 10 x 12 in. 517 pp. Paper wraps over paper covers. Lavish color plates. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, minor shelf wear. Binding tight, text spotless. Extra shipping may apply. Art. RGR.
[Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
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