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Featuring a global showcase of 100 of the crafts most exciting and influential practitioners, 'Low-Tech Print' is an exploration of hand-made printmaking techniques and how they are used in contemporary design and illustration. It examines the huge recent resurgence in the popul…
Featuring a global showcase of 100 of the crafts most exciting and influential practitioners, 'Low-Tech Print' is an exploration of hand-made printmaking techniques and how they are used in contemporary design and illustration. It examines the huge recent resurgence in the popul…
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An introduction to modern Japanese prints and print-makers.
Reproduces the 4 portfolios of prints originally issued by Bauhaus under the title 'Bauhaus-Drucke: Neue Europäeische Graphik', between 1921-1924. In 1921, Bauhaus planned a series of five graphic portfolios, which were to feature a cross-section of European avant-garde graphic…
Through his elegant brush paintings and masterful woodblocks, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) became one of Japan's most internationally-renowned artists. A master of Ukiyo-e art, he single-handedly transformed the art form from a simple style focused on courtesans and famous act…
Katsushika Hokusai ist ohne Zweifel der seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts im Westen berühmteste Künstler Japans. Die Werke Hokusais spiegeln die künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen einer isolierten Kultur wider. Gleichzeitig war er einer der ersten japanischen Künstler, der in Euro…
Without a doubt, Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous Japanese artist since the middle of the nineteenth century whose art is known to the Western world. Reflecting the artistic expression of an isolated civilisation, the works of Hokusai - one of the first Japanese artists to …
Beautifully illustrated throughout, Art of Hokusai takes you through his life, his work, his inspirations, and his legacy. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. In his time he was Japan's leading expert on…