The Cultural Tutor
The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, Created by Hokusai in 1831...
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created by Hokusai in 1831, is one of the world's most famous paintings. But why are there more than 100 different versions of it in galleries all around the world? Because it isn't actually a painting...
The roots of the ukiyo-e style are important. Traditional Japanese art, heavily influenced by that of China, was never about directly representing reality. Rather, it sought to capture the essence or mood of a moment, place, or person, almost like visual poetry (View Highlight)
And it could be startlingly minimalist in places, if not quasi-abstract, as in the astonishingly beautiful Pine Trees Screen by Hasegawa Tōhaku, from 1595, in which barely any of the screen is actually painted. Such art was often monochromatic, painted with inkbrushes on silk. (View Highlight)
Note: def like my style and the sailboat - it's more about what's the simplest way to capture a particular idea can probably create a series of the sailboat