Ukiyo-e, also known as Japanese woodblock painting which articulates the artists' perspective from socio-political subjects to landscapes. Hokusai is one of the famous ukiyo-e artists whose artworks usually implies motion. A neuroscientists, Mo Costandi, explained that the effect of implied motion on Hokusai's works is induced by unstable postures. These postures stimulates the brain to anticipate an sequence of motion that follows the one that he has painted, therefore showing continuity in many of his artwork. This kind of technique is also incorporated in animations, and it is apparent in straight ahead animations when motion is drawn continuously without using keyframes as reference points.
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| Performance from Hokusai Manga |
The sequence can also be seen in Hokusai's landscape painting based on the same characteristic visual stimulation of induced movement creates a storyline in the static painting as evidenced by Hokusai's famous work, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. As I view the painting, my eyes follow the line of action created by the waves. It guides my eyes from the foreground of the paintings towards the taller layer of waves, following the induced movement of the waves towards the Mount Fuji in the background. This painting is also satirical as it unfolds some socio-political opinion of Hokusai, criticising the culture and tradition in the Edo period.
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| The Great Wave off Kanagawa |
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