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Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave
The accompanying title to the major British Museum exhibition Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is widely regarded as one of Japan’s most famous and influential artists. This publication casts fresh light on the sublime paintings and prints Hokusai created in the last thirty years of his life,...Clark, Tim
Japanese art, Hokusai, drawing, painting, woodblock printing, and British Museum
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Putting the pieces back together: Rembrandt's Lamentation drawing under the microscope
A thorough examination of Rembrandt’s early drawing of the Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross in the British Museum (Benesch 154; registration number Oo,9.103) using magnification (x10), transmitted light, infrared imaging and Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), in order to conclusively establish the construction of the paper and the different...Horbatsch, Olenka ; Snow, Rebecca ; Taylor, Samantha
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Piranesi Drawings: Visions of Antiquity
The British Museum's collection of 51 drawings by the Venetian 18th-century artist is published and analysed for the first time with new findings about their dating, function and provenanceVowles, Sarah