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內容簡介 ✰日本浮世繪畫家葛飾北齋✰富士山的迷人風采本書收錄了日本浮世繪畫家葛飾北齋兩大系列名作：「富嶽三十六景」和「富嶽百景」，呈現北齋對富士山的極致追求。富士山在佛教與道教文化中象徵永恆生命，而北齋近乎執迷的描繪，是否也代表著他對不朽的渴望？「富嶽三十六景」是葛飾北齋晚年的代表作，創作於1830到1832年間，七旬出頭的他正處於藝術生涯的巔峰期，此系列著名作品包括「神奈川沖浪裏」、「凱風快晴」與「山下白雨」。此後，他又以「畫狂老人」等別名，完成了另一部富士山頌歌—「富嶽百景」。兩部作品中，葛飾北齋用鮮明的對比手法，將巍峨屹立的富士山與變幻莫測的自然元素交相映襯，呈現了不同的季節、天氣和場景，向讀者傳遞了一個重要訊息：儘管人生無常，富士山仍永恆矗立。本書除了收錄這兩大系列，還囊括北齋早期和晚期的作品，以富士山為引線，展現其藝術生涯的全貌。A wonderfully illustrated exploration of one of Hokusai's key motifs: Mount Fuji. Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji and the three volumes of his subsequent One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji show his fascination with a single motif: Mount Fuji. Hokusai's near-obsession with Fuji was part of his hankering after artistic immortality – in Buddhist and Daoist tradition, Fuji was thought to hold the secret to eternal life, as one popular interpretation of its name suggests: 'Fu-shi' ('not death'). Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji was produced from c. 1830 to 1832 when Hokusai was in his seventies and at the height of his career. Among the prints are three of the artist's most famous: The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Fine Wind, Clear Morning and Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit. By the time he created his second great tribute to Mount Fuji, three volumes comprising One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, he was using the artist names Gakyo rojin ('Old Man Crazy to Paint'), and Manji ('Ten Thousand Things', or 'Everything'). Contrasting the mountain's steadfastness and solidity with the ravages of the surrounding elements, Hokusai depicts Fuji through different seasons, weather conditions and settings, and in so doing communicates an important message: while life changes, Fuji stands still. Including all the illustrations from these two masterpieces, this book also features many of Hokusai’s earlier renditions of the mountain, as well as later paintings. In this way, through Mount Fuji, this volume traces a history of Hokusai’s oeuvre overall.
