PAINTING by Roberto Ben Garcia https://padlet.com/robertoben_garcia/ufjruw5arlou THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA en-us 2019-11-03 14:23:52 UTC 2023-03-26 00:51:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/400146587/a71c8e1575b373462169ccfbd1b98f01/4415989433e06ae4315faed23dea997a.jpg robertoben_garcia https://padlet.com/robertoben_garcia/ufjruw5arlou/wish/405901146 2019-11-03 14:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/robertoben_garcia/ufjruw5arlou/wish/405901146 The Form of Painting as Fine Art. robertoben_garcia https://padlet.com/robertoben_garcia/ufjruw5arlou/wish/405901279 When we speak of fine art, it talks about a variety of different beautiful creations of man. It can take the form of sculptures, architecture, and paintings. Though in any form it takes, it always pleases our senses. In the painting of Katsushika: “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa”, there are massive waves swallowing boats. This also depicts Mt. Fuji, which will slowly be destroyed by the waves. Furthermore, the waves’ tip are pointing towards with the tip of Mt. Fuji so that it can be seen more in the painting.

 There is not much to see about the painting. However, the painting depicts natural calamities that happened before. As we know, Japan is prone to experience a lot of destruction due to many calamities. 






]]> 2019-11-03 14:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/robertoben_garcia/ufjruw5arlou/wish/405901279 My own Interpretation of the Painting robertoben_garcia https://padlet.com/robertoben_garcia/ufjruw5arlou/wish/405901389 The Great Wave Off Kanagawa is the best known work by the Japanese Artist Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849). He is known to be one of the greatest Japanese painters. This masterpiece was created around 1831, as part of a series of woodblock prints called the “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”. The materials that were used to make this painting were oil and color on paper. To give a more dramatic effect, the artist chose to present the painting in a landscape from.

In the series, Mt. Fuji is always the dominant feature, but in this particular painting, a huge wave is the primary feature. The wave is pictured just before sucking down three boats. The mountain is positioned at the back of the wave so that it would appear to be also be sucked down the the massive wave.

One feature that caught my eye in this painting is the waves. As seen in the painting, the waves extend higher than Mount Fuji. This gives me the impression that these waves could be a massive tsunami that could wipe out even the mountain. Katsushika for me, made the color blue dominant in the painting to be able to give more emphasis to how deep these waves are. While, the spaces can tell us that the sea is far from the mountain. Lastly, the tip of the wave is pointed towards the top of the mountain, which gives  the impression that even though the massive waves are the main feature of the painting the artist still gave Mt. Fuji enough space to be seen.



]]> 2019-11-03 14:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/robertoben_garcia/ufjruw5arlou/wish/405901389 References robertoben_garcia https://padlet.com/robertoben_garcia/ufjruw5arlou/wish/407543639 Khan Academy. (2019). Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave). [online] Available at: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/south-east-se-asia/japan-art/a/hokusai-under-the-wave-off-kanagawa-the-great-wave. [Accessed 6 Nov. 2019].
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