In this Module I learned about the Art of
woodblock. I discovered that this woodblock is a famous Japanese print that was
made by the artist Hokusai it was published sometime between 1830 and 1833. The
woodblock is enormous waves that are about to swallow a boat and this reminds
me of a tsunami. I like how the blue wave is shadowed in white and you can see
a mountain in the background. The waves tower the mountains. I see why the
print got its name “The Great Wave”. This art is amazing to me I learned in the
Module how talented the Japanese were in art. Even their handwriting can be in
art format.
The Calligraphy art is stunning to me and it
still amazes me to this day that there was no margin of error. The print was done
with ink on paper or silk the wood carving was an element of art and in moku
manga the techniques is different because they used water based inks and other
woodblock prints such as western woodcut that uses oil-based inks. The Japanese
water based inks. They provide a vivid color, glazed look and transparency. The
Japanese had to be very passionate and patient. The three perfections of art in
the Japanese culture is painting, calligraphy and, poetry, I learned that these
common forms of Asian art and I have to say they are definitely masters at what
they do. They have created master pieces
during their time, techniques and art for today, and centuries to come.
Austin Minton
Nice job, Austin. The mountain is the famous Mount Fuji! Isn't that an interesting view of it? The woodcut is actually from a series called "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," but this is by far the most famous image. It is a great example of stylized art.
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