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Monday. Finish the Art of China Art of Japan India/China/ Japan Quiz tomorrow. Take Home Essays Due Wednesday! I’ll be here after school if you need help on your essays/ presentations. Art of Japan. JAPAN. 4 different islands Migration from China and Korea
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Monday • Finish the Art of China • Art of Japan • India/China/ Japan Quiz tomorrow. • Take Home Essays Due Wednesday! • I’ll be here after school if you need help on your essays/ presentations
JAPAN • 4 different islands • Migration from China and Korea • (difficulty formulizing a standard language) • Many oral traditions • (giving/ taking from neighbors to the west)
Vessel from Miyanomae, Middle Jomon period, (Nagano Prefecture), 2500-1500 BCE, earthenwareJomon period/ use of “coils” as a ceramic ornamentearliest vessels-storage jars (hunters & gathers)
Haniwa warrior figures from the Late Kofun period, fifth to mid-sixth century, low-fired clayKofun period/cylindrical statues made for tombs/ haniwa/
Shintoism • Kami “spirits”, invisible to the human eye but are capable of exerting an influence on our visible universe. • Reside in forests, fields, waterfalls, and huge stones. Holy places • A quest for purity and harmony with nature. Encouraged artists to respect the nature of the materials with which they worked.
Ise Shrine (as rebuilt in 1973)Shinto Shrine and the veneration of the kami/ sun goddess Amaterasu/ rebuilt every 20 years
“heart pillar”/ Imperial or Inner Shrine/ Outer Shrine/ wooden weights with metallic caps/ chigi forked finials/ tiered fencing/ formal simplicity, disciplined structure, and a spiritual presence
Horuyuji kondo, or Golden Hall (Nara, Japan), Hakuho period, c. 680Buddhist Architecture/ Introduced around 6th century through S. Korea/ Religion grounded through imperial support/ elite status/ world’s oldest wooden building
Right: Todai-Ji Temple at Nara, 743Below: Horuyuji kondo Buddhist capital at Nara/ kondo/ monastery-temple complex
Zen Buddhism • Arose during the Muromachi period in the 14th century. • Followers hoped to achieve enlightenment, through “meditation”. • Emphasized rigorous discipline and personal responsibility. • Zen teachings: mental calm, lack of fear, and spontaneity are signs of advancements towards enlightenment.
Stone and gravel garden at the temple of Ryoan-ji (Kyoto) c. 1480Muromachi period/ Zen in spirit (calmness, daily meditation)
Rock gardens • Enclosed shallow sandbox, sand gravel, rocks, natural elements • Earth contours, stones, and waterways combined to symbolize mountains, rivers, fields, and beaches. • Subtle, mystery, asymmetry, simplicity, stillness
Edo period/ shogun/Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)/ Prince Toshihito (1579-1629)/ daimyo/ importance of the tea ceremony (chanoyu)
lack of ornament but variety of textures/ integration of building and garden/ division of society into four distinct classes/ chonin (or shoin)
Interior of the Katsura Palace/ paper sliding doors/ free-standing screens/
Hasegawa Tohahuku, Pine Forest Momoyama Period Late 16th century, Ink on paper, 6 panel screen
Aesthetics and techniques of Zen- the act of painting is meditative Zen training Sumi-e (black ink on paper/ painting technique Evoke poetry through brush work. Capture the essence of nature through a variety of brush strokes
Ogata Korin. White Plum Blossoms in the Spring, Tokugawa period, late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries, screen, color on gold paper
Rinpa School/ vivid color/ extensive use of gold leaf/ emphasis on pattern, dramatic contrast, and simplified motifs/ reduced landscape and contrast form and texture
Yosa Buson. Traveler and Horse Passing through a Spring Landscape, seventeenth century, hanging scroll, ink and color on ink
Yosa Buson/ Literati Style-painting to educate, stories/ events/ dense foliage patterns with pale colors/ sencha
Yosa Buson. Selections from The Narrow Road to the Deep North, 1779Basho’s texthaiku-(17 syllable Japanese poem)bold lines, figures more abstract
Block Printing • http://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/2001/whatisaprint/flash.html
Suzuki Harunobu. Evening Bell at the Clock, from Eight Views of the Parlor series, c.1765, woodblockukiyo (pictures of floating world)/ haiku clubs in Edo/ diminutive features/ suggestion of voyeurism/ architecture composed of diagonals/black outlines
Suzuki Harunobu. Shimizu, from Seven Komachi, c.1767, woodblock
a courtesan and her teenage apprentice/ inscribed verse suggests a melancholy mood/ the knots of an obi/ imitate (parody)
Suzuki Harunobu. Pilgrimage on a Rainy Night, late 1760s, color woodblock print
Suzuki Harunobu. Whispering, c. 1766-68, color woodblock print
Mary Cassatt- Impressionist(Japan opens up to the western world in 1853-1854/ trade)
Katsushika Hokusai. The Greave Wave off Kanagawa, from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, c. 1826-33, woodblock print oban, ink and colors on paper
influence of Western perspective/Mount Fuji/ nature as an active force/ Manga
Katshshika Hokusai. Mount Fuji in Clear Weather from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1830-2, oban woodblock print
Katsushika Hokusai. Amida Waterfall on the Kiso Highway from A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces, c.1883-4, color woodblock print
Ando Hiroshige. Fireworks over Ryoguku Bridge, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, woodblock print
Ando Hiroshige. Sudden Shower over Ohashi Bridge, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, color woodblock printFamous views of Edo
Ando Hiroshige. Scattered Pines, Tone River, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, color woodblock print
Ando Hiroshige. Plum Garden at Kameido, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, color woodblock print