Compare and contrast Hokusai’s Tuning the Samisen and Rembrandt van Rijn’s Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well. Discuss how cultural differences affected their execution.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Hokusai uses a brush and calligraphic ink, which are traditional in Japanese art, to depict a figure playing an instrument.
2. The use of a liquid medium and a flexible brush creates expressive and bold contour lines in a complete work of art.
3. Rembrandt uses ink, gouache, and a pen to create a spontaneous, quick composition, which was most likely a study for a painting and not intended as a final artwork.
4. Rembrandt uses cross-hatching and brown washes of ink to suggest shadow and spatial depth, and he applies white gouache to create areas of light.
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