{ "item_title" : "Hokusai", "item_author" : [" Timothy Clark "], "item_description" : "Hokusai's diverse 103 drawings illuminate an imagined archive of ancient cultures and creative origins.Shortlisted in the Exhibition Catalogues category in the British Book Design and Production Awards 2022Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is considered by many to be Japan's greatest artist. During his seventy-year career; he produced a considerable oeuvre of some 3; 000 color prints; illustrations for over 200 books; hundreds of drawings; and over 1; 000 paintings. This exciting collection of 103 exquisite small drawings were made for an unpublished book called The Great Picture Book of Everything - featuring wide-ranging subjects from depictions of religious; mythological; historical; and literary figures to animals; birds; flowers; and other natural phenomena; as well as landscapes. They are dominated by subjects that relate to ancient China and India; also Southeast and Central Asia. Many subjects found in the collection are not found in previous Hokusai works; including fascinating imaginings of the origin of human culture in ancient China.This beautifully produced book draws on the latest research; illustrating the complete set of drawings; published for the first time.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/71/412/489/0714124893_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "37.50", "online_price" : "37.50", "our_price" : "37.50", "club_price" : "37.50", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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