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Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave, Edo Period, c. 1831, woodblock print, 9⅞” x 14⅝”, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Just a Second: Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e (noun) Click here for pronunciation. Japanese for “pictures of a floating world,” a Ukiyo-e is a type of woodblock print that was produced by an artist, a woodblock carver, and a printer.  Katsushika Hokusai designed many popular Ukiyo-e, of … Continue reading →

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Albrecht Dürer: Apocalypse Then

    Albrecht Dürer fancied himself a great painter before anything else; however, it was his printmaking that became his major contribution to the history of art.  What he was able to accomplish using only black and white is astonishing, … Continue reading →