In this digital art exhibition, all forty six views of Mt. Fuji prints are digitally recreated in super fine resolutions (2 Billion pixels). are very susceptible to light so original printings are only on display at limited times. But this digital technology gives us more chances to enjoy beautiful In this tour, you can also enjoy an immersive experience, where you feel as if you were in the raging ocean waves.
Hokusai is one of the greatest (woodblock prints) artists in Japan. His Views of Mount Fuji are particularly popular.
His works also became known among artists in France and gave a significant influence to the impressionists at that time.
Born in 1760 during the Edo period, Hokusai was a woodcraft apprentice at a time when reading books illustrated by woodcuts was a trend.
He then enrolled into the studio of reputed Japanese painter and printmaker Katsukawa Shunsho, which paved the path to his artistic success for the epitome of the genre.
Literally means Pictures of the Floating World, refers to a style of Japanese woodblock print and painting from the Edo period depicting famous theater actors, beautiful courtesans, city life, travel in romantic landscapes, and erotic scenes.
The Views of Mount Fuji series, which marked the peak of Hokusais career, features of traditional indigo and shades of Prussian blue, Berlin blue – a pigment imported from Germany via China.
In the exhibition today with modern day technology we saw The Great Wave in several ways; an image that was 3D as you viewed it from different angles and entering a room with mesmerising music where the waves came alive - truly magical.
Other technology enabled the public to zoom in on all the detail by hand movement without the need to touch a screen.
