In this essay, I am going to talk about the Impressionist painting Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies of Claude Monet and the ukiyo-e print Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa of Katsushika Hokusai. Through making comparison of these two artworks, I will mainly describe the stylistic difference and study some differences between Western and Eastern art and society.
First of all, I am going to talk about the background information of Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies. This artwork represents the two greatest achievements of Monet which are his gardens at Giverny and the paintings they inspired. Monet began to develop the garden in 1883. The garden means a passion and a second artistic medium to Monet. The garden and this painting show the effects of time and weather on the landscape which is fascinating. Both are brilliant expressions of his unique visual sensitivity and emotional response to nature.
Also, for the information of Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, this painting has long fascinated the Japanese. Hokusai produced his major series on this subject Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji in …show more content…
From my point of view, the Fuji, which is the famous mountain in Japan, appear as an afterthought in this painting. It is because the view of Fuji seen in this painting is the main point and characteristics of many of the images in the painting. In this painting, Fuji appears in a far distance which viewed from under the Mannen Bridge (Ten Thousand years Bridge) in the Fukagawa district of Edo (Tokyo). There is a small river crossed the Mannen Bridge that flowed into the Sumida River which is visible in the middle distance. There is a gradual diminishing in size of buildings and other objects because they are in a distance. This is a Western perspective Hokusai used in this painting. However, this perspective reflects an imperfect and uncomprehensive borrowing of the foreign systems of
First of all, I am going to talk about the background information of Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies. This artwork represents the two greatest achievements of Monet which are his gardens at Giverny and the paintings they inspired. Monet began to develop the garden in 1883. The garden means a passion and a second artistic medium to Monet. The garden and this painting show the effects of time and weather on the landscape which is fascinating. Both are brilliant expressions of his unique visual sensitivity and emotional response to nature.
Also, for the information of Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, this painting has long fascinated the Japanese. Hokusai produced his major series on this subject Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji in …show more content…
From my point of view, the Fuji, which is the famous mountain in Japan, appear as an afterthought in this painting. It is because the view of Fuji seen in this painting is the main point and characteristics of many of the images in the painting. In this painting, Fuji appears in a far distance which viewed from under the Mannen Bridge (Ten Thousand years Bridge) in the Fukagawa district of Edo (Tokyo). There is a small river crossed the Mannen Bridge that flowed into the Sumida River which is visible in the middle distance. There is a gradual diminishing in size of buildings and other objects because they are in a distance. This is a Western perspective Hokusai used in this painting. However, this perspective reflects an imperfect and uncomprehensive borrowing of the foreign systems of