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Katsushika Hokusai Is a well renown painter in our time. He is most known for his famous painting “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”. Though he had other lesser known paintings such as “Fine Wind, Clear Morning” and “Oceans of Wisdom.” He was born in 1760, although his actual birthdate is uncertain, and passed away at 88 on May 10th, 1849. This is his biography and how his work was inspired and where it came from. Hokusai was born into an artisan family in the Katsushika district of Edo, Japan. The childhood

Lane, Richard. Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print: Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e. New York: Dorset, 1982. Print. Nirei, Hiroe. "A Brief History Of 'The Great Wave': Japan's Most Famous Artwork." The Culture Trip. The Culture Trip, n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2017. Katsushika Hokusai- Floating World By: Lane Bauer As one is immersed in the floating dream of the steady and precise hand of Hokusai, it seems that the most satisfying thing is him, himself, in collection with his

An art work has many elements and principles to it. These are known as elements and principles of design. The print “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Hokusai has many elements and principles of design that show how much the artist used them in his work. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Hokusai has all the elements of design. For example, one of the best aspects of the print is Hokusai’s utilization of line to create both motion and space in the wave (NGA). The curves of the wave and body of one boat

In a similar vein to The Breakfast Club (1985), in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) one of the characters from the film reels off a list of high school stereotypes that flood the halls of the fictional school. Grace, Rooney’s secretary, says that the “sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, pinheads, dweebies, dickheads, they all adore him [Ferris].” Though a few of these names do not translate to the contemporary audience, each of them still explains a particular clique or type of student at the school

best friend ditching school in an R.V. full with pot and having to cross the illegal drug from Mexico to the United States just for a couple bucks. The film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is about a high school kid who simply gets away from cutting class and enjoys the rest of the day with his friends. Since Ferris took the day off, he and his friends decide to cruise around the streets of Chicago without Principal Rooney finding out. Whereas the film, We’re the Millers is about a town drug dealer who gets

about the cold, deep bottomless ocean and worries about the water. He cannot conquer the anxiety of the sea but he decides not to tell Jiya. He does not want to destroy Jiya’s joy by mentioning the big wave. Therefore, Kino is still struggling to wipe off his fear because he does not have any opportunity to realize the benefit of living on the beach. However, Jiya overcomes the fear of the big wave and now trying to move on with the new family,

Utagawa Hiroshige. Shono hakuu (Light Rain at Shono), number 46. 1832-1833. This piece of artwork is known as a woodblock printing, the style of this is both representational and realistic. It is representational and realistic since it displays Shono during a rainy day while it also displays the people hiding underneath their umbrellas or straw hats from the shower of rain passing through. The materials that were used by Utagawa to create this printing were woodblocks, ink, and color on paper. When

Rostow’s theory of economic growth (or Rostovian take-off model), is historically one of the major models of economic growth. Published in 1960 by American economist Walt Whitman Rostow, the model dictates that economic growth occurs in five stages of fluctuating time periods. The five stages include 1) the traditional society, 2) the preconditions for take-off, 3) the take-off, 4) the drive to maturity, and finally, 5) the age of mass production. The following definitions were established by Walt

The Catcher in the Rye and The Breakfast Club Various pieces of literature and entertainment exhibit similar characteristics in their writing style, themes, and portrayals. These features are in each piece to enhance the reading and viewing. The novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, and the movie The Breakfast Club directed by John Hughes, are two works that are similar in some significant aspects. Both compositions overflow with the theme of teenage rebellion, use rich vernacular, and

“The key to faking out parents is the clammy hands” says Ferris Bueller as he explains his methods on how to fake sick and skip school. “it’s a little childish and stupid but then so is high school” utters Bueller as he validates his reasons for skipping school. As he is getting changed to prepare for his day of no school, he continues with more advice on ways to scheme parents followed by some life advice. He promptly goes on to mention his famous line, “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop