Using standard English, post 400-500 (minimum) words, make an “argument” (remember, every strong argument has at least two components: a “claim(s)” and “evidence” (or grounds to support the support that claim(s) about how Japanese ukiyo-e artist, Katsushika Hokusai, used the Elements of Art and the Principles of Art (Design) to create his famous woodcut color print, “The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa” from his “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji” (1826-1833) series, on page 126.
In your paper, describe the how Hokusai created a unified composition by organizing repetitions of SHAPES, COLORS. TEXTURES, and PATTERNS, to create visual harmony, even though the scene is chaotic. Talk about how a skillful artist can simplify and order a chaotic and threatening scene by organizing visual elements and principles of art into a structure.
