My Favorite Artwork

My Favorite Artwork

This is by far my favorite artwork of all time.

(I even have a pair of leggings with this design on them.)

The Great Wave was created by Katsushika Hokusai. 

It is a wood block print that was created between 1830 and 1833. 

It was made in part of a series that he was working on entitled the "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji".

The Great Wave off Kanagawa soon became his most famous work and is the most recognized Japanese works of art in the whole world. 

If you look closely at the photo you can see that there are small ships (3) in the sea. 

It is depicting an enormous wave that threatens these ships near Kanagawa. 

The most common misunderstanding of this photo is thinking that the wave was part of a tsunami, in all reality is is just a large wave in the middle of the ocean, all in japanese 'okinami'.

The thing that is not commonly recognized in this photo is Mount Fuji in the background.

In the series, Mount Fuji is always in the background and the foreground depicts a certain condition.

Just a little knowledge session on my favorite piece of work.

<3 Marie