Comments on: Math in art – Hokusai’s “The Wave” http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/math-in-art-hokusais-the-wave/595 Mathematics, learning, computing, travel - and whatever... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: zac http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/math-in-art-hokusais-the-wave/595/comment-page-1#comment-8604 zac Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:04:19 +0000 http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/math-in-art-hokusais-the-wave/595#comment-8604 Thanks, Vinod. I meant to mention the right-to-left aspect, but forgot. Actually, an observer's eye usually goes to the largest and brightest object in any image. For me, it's the crest of the wave. Thanks, Vinod. I meant to mention the right-to-left aspect, but forgot.

Actually, an observer’s eye usually goes to the largest and brightest object in any image. For me, it’s the crest of the wave.

]]> By: Vinod http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/math-in-art-hokusais-the-wave/595/comment-page-1#comment-8596 Vinod Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:16:51 +0000 http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/math-in-art-hokusais-the-wave/595#comment-8596 Apparently, Japanese people will "read" the painting differently. They would look at it from right to left, and with the strong cultural association, focus on Fuji-san as the main feature. The effect of the painting would be of a waving crashing onto the face of the viewer. I guess you could flip the image so that we left-to-rightists can see what Hokusai intended. Apparently, Japanese people will “read” the painting differently. They would look at it from right to left, and with the strong cultural association, focus on Fuji-san as the main feature.

The effect of the painting would be of a waving crashing onto the face of the viewer. I guess you could flip the image so that we left-to-rightists can see what Hokusai intended.

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