#but monet's 'la japonaise' and van gogh's 'almond blossoms' aren't the same

[stirringwinds]

just thinking about the artistic connections forged between nations, and it’s one aspect of nedpan i find really cool to ponder— it’s like “your influence on me is immortalised for the whole world to see in the brushstrokes of my greatest artist”: because of how van gogh was inspired by hokusai and hiroshige (whom were themselves exposed to dutch art and techniques). and given how nationally iconic ‘the great wave’ and ‘starry night’ are in world art? if art is part of a nation’s soul, then that’s one really meaningful way to leave a mutual influence on each other.