Hokusai. Suspended threat
Description
This program takes a deep look into Hokusai's The Great Wave, interpreting the story it tells and scrutinizing formal aspects ranging from the perfect spiral that underpins the wave, to the spiritual balance between water and sky, to the fractal-like nature of the wavelets. Footage of artisans at work demonstrates how plates for The Great Wave were cut, inked, and successively impressed onto paper in vivid colors. Additional examples of Hokusai's work illustrate his use of geometric elements to frame key parts of scenes, his application of perspective, how he played with the plasticity of nature, and his foray into erotic images.
Runtime
31 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2007], c1999
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102638&xtid=36414
Similar Films
Skill sumo. Work inspiration
Fernand Khnopff, Caresses of the Sphinx—Masterworks (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels)
The American Artist
2D animation
Paula Rego, Manifesto for a Lost Cause—Masterworks (Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon)
Saved! A Century of Art for Everyone
Illusions of news
Rembrandt. Smart Secrets of Great Paintings
The arts in every classroom. Responding to the arts. Workshop program 2
Caribbean eye. Martinique. [6]
Lyonel Feininger, Bird Cloud—Masterworks (The Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge)
Pieter Saenredam, The Interior of the 'Grote Kerk' Haarlem—Masterworks (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Raphael
Gayelle. 1988, series one, Programme #14
Vong Phaophanit