
A Burial at Ornans
1850 · Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Courbet gave an ordinary village funeral the scale reserved for kings and saints, and the critics were furious about it.
★ 8.3

Courbet gave an ordinary village funeral the scale reserved for kings and saints, and the critics were furious about it.

Travelers go about their day along the road and Fuji sits pale behind them, near and far balanced with Hiroshige's usual quiet.

Oi was Hokusai's daughter and studio collaborator, and her handling of lantern light against darkness beats anything else in the ukiyo-e of her time.