The great curve encloses the mountain and directs attention toward the boats.
Lighting
Volume depends more on drawing and flat areas than gradual modeling.
Color
Blue, cream, and earth tones create clear separation among planes.
Technique
The print organizes movement through precise contours and repetitions.
The wave dominates the foreground, yet its curve makes the tiny mountain visible. The boats repeat the arc and turn the scene into a chain of directions. Pale open space around the mountain keeps it recognizable inside an active field.
In a contemporary frame, this can become a scale relationship: a close element framing a distant one. Tension grows from keeping both legible at the same time.