A Canal in Venice
- Date:
- 1925
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
Venice's canal network provided one of the most painterly subjects of Yoshida's 1925 European journey, the interplay of water reflections, aged palazzo facades, and gondola traffic creating the layered atmospheric effects he excelled at capturing. In this woodblock he transposes the Western city's most iconic visual grammar into Japanese printmaking technique, the shimmering water rendered through precisely graduated bokashi passes. The result bridges two great traditions of landscape representation in a single luminous image.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A Canal in Venice was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1925.
A Canal in Venice was published by Yoshida Studio (1925).
A Canal in Venice depicts snow scenes and rivers & lakes.