{"title":"Henri-Alexis Baatsch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenri-Alexis Baatsch\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into the captivating world of visual artistry through richly detailed explorations of iconic figures such as Hokusai. His works bring to life the essence of artistic mastery, blending meticulous research with engaging narrative to offer a profound appreciation of art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for enthusiasts of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Baatsch’s books provide a thoughtful examination of artistic legacy, revealing the stories behind celebrated works and their creators. These titles appeal to those who seek deeper insight into the cultural impact of art across time.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hokusai-a-life-in-drawing-deluxe-edition-by-henri-alexis-baatsch-9780500028711","title":"Hokusai: A Life in Drawing (Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deluxe large-format edition of this beautifully illustrated introduction to Katsushika Hokusai, the most prolific artist of Japan's Edo period, and master of ukiyo-e - 'images of the floating world'.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHokusai: A Life in Drawing (Deluxe Edition)\u003c\/em\u003e showcases the famous blue, foam-crested wave rearing above Mount Fuji, the celebrated volcano idealised and reinvented by the artist in every nuance of view, season, and painting. It portrays extraordinary bridges, the waterfalls of Japan, the contortions, costumes, and gestures—a vivid depiction of the very breath of men, women, peasants, townsmen, warriors, artisans, leaping horses, birds, insects, and fish that almost seem to animate the ground on which they are painted. The countless imaginative drawings and the lively sketches done on the spot for the Manga are Hokusai's record of shapes and forms drawn from life or imagined over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a body of work comprising more than 30,000 drawings and paintings, Hokusai (1760-1849) was the most prolific, varied, and indisputably the most creative artist of old Japan. A universal genius in all that constituted drawing and painting in his time, he practised all genres of ukiyo-e, those 'images of the floating world', as his contemporaries liked to describe their pleasures and daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the career of this child from a working-class district of old Tokyo, then known as Edo, evoking the special atmosphere of this great city and of Japanese life during a period when Japan, closed to foreigners, developed in a vacuum a powerfully original culture. Hokusai became one of the great masters of the woodcut—this 'brush gone wild', as he called himself—being rediscovered by the Impressionists and aesthetes at the end of the 19th century. He remains one of the greatest and, thanks to his personality, one of the most attractive figures of world art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078756024556,"sku":"9780500028711","price":210.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/107973482366.jpg?v=1765220664"},{"product_id":"hokusai-by-henri-alexis-baatsch-9780500094037","title":"Hokusai","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was the most prolific and diverse artist of Japan's Edo period, with a body of work reputed to include more than 30,000 drawings, paintings, and prints. This book traces the career of this child from a working-class district of old Tokyo, then known as Edo, evoking the special atmosphere of this great city and of Japanese life, when Japan—closed to foreigners—developed in a vacuum a powerfully original culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIts urban centres enjoyed increasing wealth and stability, leading to a flourishing culture of art and pleasure-seeking. Woodblock prints of the genre known as \u003ci\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/i\u003e—'images of the floating world'—became defining images of the age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHokusai became one of the great masters of the woodcut, this 'brush gone wild', as he called himself, being rediscovered by the Impressionists and aesthetes at the end of the nineteenth century. His works range from portraits of popular actors and courtesans to landscapes and seascapes, including his celebrated 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji', and from cleverly observed scenes of everyday life to the erotic prints known as \u003ci\u003eshunga\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile his prints had a huge influence on the course of Western art, it is equally true that he himself was influenced by European painting, embracing techniques such as perspective and adapting them to suit Japanese tastes. 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