A craftsperson paints a print featuring a plump baby holding a large fish with a lotus in the background-a classic image of Yangliuqing woodblock New Year prints. [Photo provided to China Daily] ...
The woodcuts for Rhymes of Early Jungle Folk were Wharton Esherick's first foray into woodworking. (Emma Lee/WHYY) An original woodcut block by Wharton Esherick for the frontispiece of Rhymes of Early ...
You’ve seen “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” in museums and dorm rooms the world over, since it’s probably the most famous artistic depiction of moving water of all time. It’s the penultimate work of ...
This week the William Morris Gallery in London officially opened its new exhibition exploring the intersection between traditional Japanese woodblock prints, and the craft of video games. Curated by ...
David Bowie’s appeal is so broad because there’s a lot he did so well. The music was paramount, but he could also act, and his aesthetics were a defining feature of his. Because of his many ...
‘Rising Sun, Falling Rain’ features over 80 ukiyo-e masterworks from the Edo Period, including landscapes by Hiroshige and Hokusai. On view through November 30. The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has ...
On every woodblock print, Gustave Baumann printed a hand within a narrow heart between his first and last names. “What you put your hand to, put your heart behind,” Baumann was known to say. The ...