Bøger af Cristina Berna

Hokusais 53 Stationen des Tokaido 1801 sind etwas ganz anderes! Es ist sein erstes.Es unterscheidet sich von seinen berühmten 36 Ansichten des Berges Fuji aus dem Jahr 1832, bei denen es sich um erhabene künstlerische Ausdrucksformen handelt, die ein langes Lebenswerk widerspiegeln.Es unterscheidet sich von vielen anderen bekannten Werken Hokusais, etwa seinen 100 Ansichten des Berges Fuji. Aber in dieser Serie hat Hokusai noch viel von dem Humor und der Karikatur beibehalten, die hier zu finden sind.Es unterscheidet sich von den vielen anderen, später bekannten 53 Stationen des Tokaido darin, dass Hokusai sich nicht auf die Landschaft und die Markierungen konzentriert, die Hiroshige und andere zeigten.Stattdessen konzentriert sich Hokusai auf die Ereignisse, die Interaktionen zwischen den Reisenden und die Geschichten, die Sie Ihren Freunden erzählen werden, wenn Sie nach Hause kommen.Es war ein großartiger und früherer Beitrag zur Tokaido-Literatur.

Joaquín Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 died in Cercedilla 1923) is one of the most successful Spanish painters ever. He was a genius in capturing the essence of the scene he was painting. He lived while photography was being invented and popularized. Some of his breathtaking seascapes show how he was familiar with and employed similar techniques as the photograph. His paintingsare also a great introduction to Spanish history. Most of his paintings of boats and the sea capture the fishermen in Valencia, who fished from the beach. He has painted several masterpieces of the returning boats being pulled to the beach. The oxen used to pull the boats are captured so strong, so life like, with so much love. He also painted the waiting fisherwomen and the children happily playing. He painted scenes from the lives of the fishermen. Sorollas paintings are extremely powerful and colorful and although he is usually labelled an impressionist, he is also often very naturalist and detailed. The reader is kindly referred to our book about Sorollas landscapes. This book is not a catalogue, the authors have put together a narrative and the reader may find some of the paintings in our other books as well.

The beauty of art is necessary for happiness.In everyday life the arts give that extra dimension to life that makes it a great adventure.The art and design in buildings, city planning, gardens and parks, roads, bridges, everything that we use daily contributes to a happy and fulfilling life.Ugly buildings, sloppy design, poor quality workmanship, littering and defacing contributes to a miserable life.Why would you want a miserable life? Why would you want to impose a miserable life on others?Hokusai was not only a truly great artist.He also sent a message to common people, who could afford to buy his low cost prints.He conveyed the beauty of majesty, the mount Fujijama, in life.He conveyed the beauty of scenery, he said to people, look around you and see and enjoy the beauty of the scenery.He conveyed the beauty of a good human life , the craftmanship in making the timber, building the boat, fishing, growing tea, enjoying tea with the scenery.The 36 Views of Mt Fuji are religious prints. But different from the typical Christian religious motif the humans are not shown focused on the diety all the time, even if Mt Fuji is shown to have a pervading influence on their lives.The admiration and worship of Mt Fuji is often shown as incidental a single traveler of the group casting a glance at the majestic mountain while the others are busy with the many other things to do. In other words a very realistic rendition on how the divine is taking part in everyday life.