Read the excerpt from "hokusai's the great wave.” hokusai has taken more than colour from the west – he has also borrowed the conventions of european perspective to push mount fuji far into the distance. it is clear that hokusai must have studied european prints, which the dutch had imported into japan and which circulated among artists and collectors. so the great wave, far from being the quintessence of japan, is a hybrid work, a fusion of european materials and conventions with a japanese sensibility. no wonder this image has been so loved in europe: it is an exotic relative, not a complete stranger. what is the author’s viewpoint in this excerpt?

the great wave is popular because it includes both japanese and european elements.

in the passage the author states that "the great a hybrid work". it is influenced by both japanese and european elements. the author comes to the conclusion that hokusai must have studied european prints from dutch importers. besides color, the painting also shows the element of european perspective with the image of mount fuji off in the distance.

the text includes parts of primary-source interviews with enslaved people to illustrate the difficulty of life on a sugar plantation in louisiana.

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the animal shelter ad with animals in cages, starving and dying.

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