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Portrait with effigy of Marcus Aurelius
Middle Kingdom Egypt - Sacred Boat
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Samson and Delilah
The abduction of Helen
Bacchanal with Silenus
Argentinian singer (Madame S.)
Iridescent Penetrations, no. 1
Una Marilyn multicolore
Untitled (Cycle '60/B.8)
Force lines of Boccioni's fist
Woman sitting
Spatial concept, Expectations
The open window
Portrait with effigy of Marcus Aurelius
Middle Kingdom Egypt - Sacred Boat
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Samson and Delilah
The abduction of Helen
Bacchanal with Silenus
Argentinian singer (Madame S.)
Iridescent Penetrations, no. 1
Una Marilyn multicolore
Untitled (Cycle '60/B.8)
Force lines of Boccioni's fist
Woman sitting
Spatial concept, Expectations
The open window

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Katsushika Hokusai

Displayed in:

Palazzo Maffei Verona

Palazzo Maffei Verona

Piazza Erbe, 38, Verona

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A stormy wave threatens some boats off the coast of Kanagawa, while Mount Fuji covered in snow in the background seems to witness the scene. Through this representation, the author wanted to signify two opposite tensions experienced by humans towards the sea: the ancestral fear of the unknown and the looming desire to overcome their fears to overcome even seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
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Title: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Author: Katsushika Hokusai

Date: 1831

Technique: Color woodcut on paper, ukiyo-e style

Displayed in: Palazzo Maffei Verona

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