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@freemo Compared to the splendor of light colour and shadows in the European images, the Japanese one does look poor.
Is it a gravure, a reproduction? (the other ones being oils, one of, very limited audiences art).
I would mention the "Great Wave off Kanagawa" as a counterpoint, as an artistically brilliant piece, which at the same time was reproduced in quantity and reached a lot more people. Slightly later than the examples above (maybe 40 or so years later).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa
Japanese printmakers were outstanding, the colour and details are superb.
@design_RG Excellent share... ruins the joke a bit, but jokes are sometimes intentionally naive :)
Though there is still a sort of simplicity to japanese art. Some may say it takes less talent, I dunno, I just see it as its own style and in some ways even more beautiful for its simplicity and uniqueness.
@freemo Sorry if the joke was a bit diluted by my comment, but I felt a bit uneasy about it.
Some people might see it in a less flattering way, as a meme putting down one region's art as opposed to other (with high art examples provided, and a less flattering one in the lower part of the image).
While the mastery of the Western art in the examples is undeniable, Eastern art has wonderful works as well.
This was the motive of my posting a comment with a good example - that gravure is superb, and culturally I think it has the added advantage of being reproduced and sold, unlike the one off oil paintings from the Western masters which will hang on a Museum at best, or in some rich person's collection, and have much less accessibility.
@design_RG No need to be sorry, It was a good perspective to add.
