The first UK film biography of the world-renowned Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), whose print The Great Wave is as globally famous as Leonardo's Mona Lisa. With Andy Serkis reading the voice of Hokusai, the film features artists David Hockney and Maggi Hambling, and passionate scholars who study, admire and venerate this great Japanese master. The film focuses on Hokusai's work, life and times in the great, bustling metropolis of Edo, now modern Tokyo. Using extraordinary close-ups and pioneering 8K Ultra HD video technology, Hokusai's prints and paintings are examined by world experts. In the process they reveal new interpretations of famous works and convey the full extent of Hokusai's extraordinary achievement as a great world artist. Hokusai spent his life studying and celebrating our common humanity as well as deeply exploring the natural and spiritual worlds, using the famous volcano Mount Fuji as a protective presence and potential source of immortality. He knew much personal tragedy, was struck by lightning and lived for years in poverty, but never gave up his constant striving for perfection in his art. Hokusai influenced Monet, Van Gogh and other Impressionists, is the father of manga and has his own Great Wave emoji.

2007 documentary film directed by Gary Hustwit

《美的历程》从宏观鸟瞰角度对中国数千年的艺术、文学作了概括描述和美学把握。其中提出了诸如原始远古艺术的“龙飞凤舞”殷周青铜器艺术的“拧厉的美”，先秦理性精神的“儒道互补”，楚辞、汉赋、汉画像石之“浪漫主义”，“人的觉醒”的魏晋风度，六朝、唐、宋佛像雕塑，宋元山水绘画以及诗、词、曲各具审美三品类，明清时期小说、戏曲由浪漫而感伤而现实之变迁等等重要观念，多发前人之所未发。此书于1981年初版，多次再版重印达几十万册。已有英文、德文、韩文等多种译本问世。 此修订插图本，是作者在广西师范大学出版社2000年版的基础上，对全书文字作了最新订正。全书插图作了调整，增加了四十余幅重要插图，用以佐证真论述、丰富其内容。

當亨利與克萊兒的愛情在全球引起騷動，你又怎麼錯過這一段盪氣迴腸的故事？ 相遇那年，她6歲，他36歲； 結婚那年，她23歲，他31歲； 離別後再度重逢時，她82歲，他43歲。 在他倆如此詭譎的戀愛大事記裡， 相對於如此真實、強烈的感覺，時間，微不足道…… 如果生命是一場旅行，亨利的旅程肯定比常人更迂迴且深刻，只因為他罹患了時空錯置失調症，當基因時鐘偶爾重起，他就會不由自主地消失，現身在某段曾經，或即將遭遇的時空場景。不得不一再體驗曾經遭受的經歷，他只能旁觀、重複品味那些快樂、悲傷、痛苦。而與克萊兒的愛，是支撐他的唯一動力。

The latest volume in Black Dog's successful book-and-CD series combines the mesmerizing stories of the world's great ballets with fun facts, dancing how-tos, history, profiles-- all accompanied by charming original watercolors. From "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker" to "Peter and the Wolf" and "Fancy Free," the of twenty-five of the world's best-loved ballets are told, accompanied by corresponding tracks on an enclosed CD. These are the charming stories that bring ballet to life on the stage, along with the music that has made them into enduring classics. Surrounding the stories is a captivating, illustrated history of ballet, each page filled with information, artwork, and profiles of the world's great dancers, choreographers, and composers. There are even instructions on ballet positions and the key moves that every dancer needs to know. The musical selections included on the CD are keyed to specific points in the text, making the book uniquely interactive, educational, and fun.