PRINT

• Influence of Dutch art, and proved to be inspirational for many artists working in Europe later in the nineteenth century.
• 36 Views of Mount Fuji made between 1830 and 1833
• polychrome (multi-colored)
• Hokusai has arranged the composition to frame Mount Fuji
• Hokusai varies his representation of the mountain. In other prints the mountain fills the composition, or is reduced to a small detail in the background of bustling city life.
• JUXPOSITION: Dutch influences- TradeHokusai was interested in oblique angles, contrasts of near and far, and contrasts of manmade and the natural.
• Mt. Fuji

Ukiyo-e

• Edo Period
• Buddhist term, means "floating world"
• earliest prints were made in only black and white later colors were added.
• Ukiyo-e prints are recognizable for their emphasis on line and pure, bright color, as well as their ability to distill form down to the minimum.
• Hokusai moved away from the tradition of making images of courtesans and actors, towards everyday

CONTEXT: Popularity of Ukiyo-e prints in Europe

• 1640 Japan closed off
• Commodore Perry 1835: flood of Japanese visual culture into the West.
• Impressionist artists in Paris, such as Claude Monet, were great fans of Japanese prints. The flattening of space, an interest in atmospheric conditions, and the impermanence of modern city life