Art Study Guide 2024

Hokusai’s birth year

1760

Hokusai’s birthplace

Edo, Japan

the year in which Hokusai died

1849

the age at which Hokusai died

89

the number of times Hokusai changed his name

over 30

what the name “Hokusai” translates to

Star of the Northern Constellation

the number of times Hokusai moved in his lifetime

93

the reason Hokusai moved so many times

he would rather leave than clean up

Hokusai’s daughter’s name

Katsushika Oi

Hokusai’s stunt at the shogun palace

dipping a chicken’s feet in paint and having it walk on the painting to look like maple leaves

Hokusai’s stunt while painting the founder of Zen Buddhism

painting a 200 square meter painting with a broom for a brush

Hokusai’s stunt painting birds in flight

painting on a single grain of rice

Hokusai’s perspective on his abilities

thinking he wasn’t a true painter, but he could have become one if he only lived a few years longer

one of Hokusai’s influences

Western prints that came to Japan

the way in which Western prints inspired Hokusai

him becoming more interested in linear perspective and landscapes

the way in which Western prints came to Japan

through Dutch trade with areas nearby

Ukiyo-e translation

“pictures of the floating world”

Ukiyo-e themes

mundane subjects, non-heroic

36 views of Mt. Fuji

a series of paintings by Hokusai, which the great wave was a part of

1st step in the printmaking process

sketch the design on the block

2nd step in the woodblock printmaking process

whittle the reverse of the end image into the wood block

3rd step in the woodblock printmaking process

add the color of ink you want to use and print on paper

4th step in woodblock printmaking

make stamps for any other colors in the art piece you need to use

the reason why multiple blocks were used for the mass production of the Great Wave

there were multiple colors in the print

the reason for the year 1853’s importance in Japanese printmaking

japan was forced to open up trade globally, so prints from japan made it around the world and influenced other artists

which country was most impacted by Japanese art (other than Japan)

France

the art movements that were most influenced by an influx of Japanese prints

Impressionist/Post-Impressionist

Artists influenced by Japanese prints

Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Vincent Van Gogh

ways in which Monet was inspired by Ukiyo-e prints

prints of flowers, building a Japanese style footbridge in his garden

ways in which Van Gogh was inspired by Ukiyo-e prints

using them on backgrounds of paintings, replicating them for practice

ways in which Mary Cassatt was influenced by Ukiyo-e prints

experimentation with printmaking, painting mothers with children in Japanese print-inspired poses

ways in which Edgar Degas was inspired by Ukiyo-e prints

painting mundane life, greatly influencing his paintings of ballerinas

events during which Japanese art was popularized in Europe

World Fair, London (1867); Paris Exposition Universelle (1867); Palais des Beaux-Arts (1890)

Edo

Modern-Day Tokyo

Edo period

1615-1868

Prussian Blue

A blue paint color from modern-day germany

Japonisme

a French term for the craze for Japanese art, artifacts, and design in Western Europe

Manga

sketches that capture the spectrum of daily life featuring people, collections of objects, landscapes, animals, plants, and patterns

Haiku

a 3-line poem in which the 1st line has 5 syllables, the second has 7, and the third has 5

artistic elements and feeling of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa

the glory of the mountain, the wave being beautiful but menacing, feeling like claws destroying the boats, how people are at nature’s mercy, impending doom

Location of Van Gogh’s birth

Zundert, Netherlands

Year of Van Gough’s birth

1858

place Van Gogh spent most of his adult life

Arles, France

common themes and subjects of Van Gogh’s artwork

sunflowers, thick paint, starry night, chairs, rooms, landscape, portraits, distinct brushstrokes of many colors to make up an area of one color

what Van Gough’s artwork like near the beginning of his career

much less color, same face syndrome, no distinct brushstrokes

Impasto

really thick paint

technique Van Gogh used to pick colors

putting together different colors of yarn

The Yellow House

house Van Gogh rented on the south of France that he wanted to turn into an artist community

Theo

Van Gogh’s brother, an art dealer, who supported him with money and tried to sell his art

Dr Gachet

Van Gogh’s doctor who helped him after he cut his ear off and was hospitalized

Paul Gaugin

a man who Van Gogh lived with at The Yellow House who he wanted to be friends with but fought with a lot (they were both alcoholics)