Comments on: Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/hiroshiges-one-hundred-famous-views-of-edo/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:49:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Joe Fisher http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/hiroshiges-one-hundred-famous-views-of-edo/comment-page-1/#comment-144983 Joe Fisher Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:21:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/hiroshiges-one-hundred-famous-views-of-edo/#comment-144983 I wasn't going to get the iPhone, but I almost want to now just to have the opportunity to use one of these as my screen background. I wasn't going to get the iPhone, but I almost want to now just to have the opportunity to use one of these as my screen background.

]]> By: Oscar Zoroaster http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/hiroshiges-one-hundred-famous-views-of-edo/comment-page-1/#comment-144414 Oscar Zoroaster Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:44:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/hiroshiges-one-hundred-famous-views-of-edo/#comment-144414 Most people don't know it but one Van Gogh's big inspirations was Hiroshige. In fact the Impressionists were inspired by Japanese woodblock prints in general. "In 1887 van Gogh's admiration for Japanese art forms led him to paint copies of two famous designs of Hiroshige, the great Japanese landscape printmaker. One print is the Bridge in the Rain and the other shows a Plum Tree in Bloom." http://www.artelino.com/articles/van_gogh_japonisme.asp Most people don't know it but one Van Gogh's big inspirations was Hiroshige. In fact the Impressionists were inspired by Japanese woodblock prints in general.

"In 1887 van Gogh's admiration for Japanese art forms led him to paint copies of two famous designs of Hiroshige, the great Japanese landscape printmaker. One print is the Bridge in the Rain and the other shows a Plum Tree in Bloom." http://www.artelino.com/articles/van_gogh_japonisme.asp

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