The Met Hokusai

The Met Hokusai

by Susie Hodge and Kim Ekdahl
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 04/11/2021

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See the world through Hokusai's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces.


Have you ever wondered exactly what your favourite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series of ebooks to keep and collect, created in full collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can see what they saw, and be inspired to create your own artworks, too. In What the Artist Saw: Hokusai, meet groundbreaking Japanese artist Hokusai. Step into his life and learn what led him to create more than 30,000 works of art, including his famous woodcut views of The Great Wave off Kanagawa and Mount Fuji. Discover how he planned to live to 110 and even produced the first ever pieces of manga! Have a go at making your own printed artworks.


In this series, follow the artists' stories and find intriguing facts about their environments and key masterpieces. Then see what you can see and make your own art. Take a closer look at landscapes with Georgia O'Keeffe, or even yourself, with Vincent van Gogh. Every ebook in this series is one to treasure and keep - perfect for inspiring budding young artists to continue their own artistic journeys.


© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

ISBN:
9780241560785
9780241560785
Category:
People & places (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
04-11-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Susie Hodge

Susie Hodge MA FRSA has written over 100 books on art, art history, history and artistic techniques, including the bestselling Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That, The Short Story of Art and How to Survive Modern Art. In addition she hosts lectures, talks and practical workshops, and regularly appears on television and radio talks and documentaries on everything to do with art.

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