Slog - Comments on How Great? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave That's The Great Wave at Kanagawa (ca. 1831-33), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, by the great Japanese master of the ukiyo-e print, Katsushika Hokusai. That particular one I took from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's web site. It's in the museum's collection. The Great Wave is just about as famous an image as the Mona Lisa. It is an incredible composition. Its supposed subject—Mount Fuji—stands placidly, eternally, in the background, but is captured in a split second, framed by a treacherous wave that threatens three fishing boats. The contrast between the foreground and the background could... Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:25:37 -0800 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:29:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by erik There used to be a huge mural of this on the old River Park Square building in Spokane. I remember thinking how awesome that wave was when I was 5 or 6.

]]> erik http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005174 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:28:34 -0800 Comment by Aislinn And finally, you've posted something that isn't hideous. Guess we'll just have to wait until "Currently Hanging" to see a new monstrosity!

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005180 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:34:49 -0800 Comment by Carollani Awesome!

And Aislinn, that was a really bitchy, internet-y thing to say.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005196 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:48:31 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell Thanks Jen. Those are amazing.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005197 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:48:54 -0800 Comment by Aislinn @3: Yep! It totally was! Good thing we're on the internet!

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005204 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005204 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:51:28 -0800 Comment by w7ngman She's not a bitch. I swear.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005205 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:52:39 -0800 Comment by Katelyn I've always loved that print, the first one with the boats.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005210 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:59:05 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I hate everything.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005214 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:04:20 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore i'm starting to feel serene already just looking at it.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005218 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:07:48 -0800 Comment by squidoo I think it needs more bunnies.

]]> squidoo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005224 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:13:21 -0800 Comment by Rupert Smythe-Lexington I'm not a bitch. Everyone wants to be me!

]]> Rupert Smythe-Lexington http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005244 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:32:34 -0800 Comment by Fnarf So modern-looking. the bottom one especially looks like an Elton Bennett (or should I say vice-versa).

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005249 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:36:24 -0800 Comment by bronkitis It's more ridiculous that SAM has hardly any Japanese prints, since they are such crucial and imitated images. With such a great Asian art museum, so many collectors and a major dealer of ukiyo-e in town it's more strange that the Kollars are the only ones donating such works.

As for a mass medium being included in the collection, someone please tell me why they display that laughably mediocre piece of Weller pottery in the American gallery.

]]> bronkitis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005286 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:04:06 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Bronkitis -- because no one wanted it at the garage sale? I've got a bunch of Frankoma that suffered the same fate last weekend. Maybe I should donate it to SAM.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005401 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:21:52 -0800 Comment by Dawgson I love this print. I was thinking about getting a tattoo of it but felt weird about cultural appropriation. I then learned it's one of the more common tattoos.

I guess someone made a movie about the trend. Does anyone know anything about that?

]]> Dawgson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_great_wave#c1005689 Visual Art Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:29:41 -0800