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Monday Finish the Art of China Art of Japan India/China/ Japan Quiz tomorrow. Take Home Essays Due Wednesday! Ill be here after school if you need help on your essays/ presentations Slide 2 Art of Japan Slide 3 JAPAN 4 different islands Migration from China and Korea (difficulty formulizing a standard language) Many oral traditions (giving/ taking from neighbors to the west) Slide 4 Vessel from Miyanomae, Middle Jomon period, (Nagano Prefecture), 2500- 1500 BCE, earthenware Jomon period/ use of coils as a ceramic ornament earliest vessels- storage jars (hunters & gathers) Slide 5 Haniwa warrior figures from the Late Kofun period, fifth to mid-sixth century, low- fired clay Kofun period/ cylindrical statues made for tombs/ haniwa/ Slide 6 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. Slide 7 Ise Shrine (as rebuilt in 1973) Shinto Shrine and the veneration of the kami/ sun goddess Amaterasu/ rebuilt every 20 years Slide 8 Below: Torii to Ises Inner Shrine Slide 9 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 Slide 10 Horuyuji kondo, or Golden Hall (Nara, Japan), Hakuho period, c. 680 Buddhist Architecture/ Introduced around 6 th century through S. Korea/ Religion grounded through imperial support/ elite status/ worlds oldest wooden building Slide 11 Right: Todai-Ji Temple at Nara, 743 Below: Horuyuji kondo Buddhist capital at Nara/ kondo/ monastery-temple complex Slide 12 Zen Buddhism Arose during the Muromachi period in the 14 th 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. Slide 13 Stone and gravel garden at the temple of Ryoan-ji (Kyoto) c. 1480 Muromachi period/ Zen in spirit (calmness, daily meditation) Slide 14 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 Slide 15 Shoin architecture during the Momoyama period Slide 16 Katsura Imperial Villa (Kyoto) 1620-1663 Slide 17 Edo period/ shogun/Tokug awa Ieyasu (1543-1616)/ Prince Toshihito (1579-1629)/ daimyo/ importance of the tea ceremony (chanoyu) Slide 18 lack of ornament but variety of textures/ integration of building and garden/ division of society into four distinct classes/ chonin (or shoin) Slide 19 Interior of the Katsura Palace/ paper sliding doors/ free-standing screens/ Slide 20 Hasegawa Tohahuku, Pine Forest Momoyama Period Late 16 th century, Ink on paper, 6 panel screen Slide 21 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 Slide 22 Ogata Korin. White Plum Blossoms in the Spring, Tokugawa period, late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries, screen, color on gold paper Slide 23 Rinpa School/ vivid color/ extensive use of gold leaf/ emphasis on pattern, dramatic contrast, and simplified motifs/ reduced landscape and contrast form and texture Slide 24 Yosa Buson. Traveler and Horse Passing through a Spring Landscape, seventeenth century, hanging scroll, ink and color on ink Slide 25 Yosa Buson/ Literati Style-painting to educate, stories/ events/ dense foliage patterns with pale colors/ sencha Slide 26 Yosa Buson. Selections from The Narrow Road to the Deep North, 1779 Bashos text haiku-(17 syllable Japanese poem) bold lines, figures more abstract Slide 27 Block Printing http://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/ 2001/whatisaprint/flash.htmlhttp://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/ 2001/whatisaprint/flash.html Slide 28 Suzuki Harunobu. Evening Bell at the Clock, from Eight Views of the Parlor series, c.1765, woodblock ukiyo (pictures of floating world) / haiku clubs in Edo/ diminutive features/ suggestion of voyeurism/ architecture composed of diagonals/ black outlines Slide 29 Suzuki Harunobu. Shimizu, from Seven Komachi, c.1767, woodblock Slide 30 a courtesan and her teenage apprentice/ inscribed verse suggests a melancholy mood/ the knots of an obi/ imitate (parody) Slide 31 Suzuki Harunobu. Pilgrimage on a Rainy Night, late 1760s, color woodblock print Slide 32 Suzuki Harunobu. Whispering, c. 1766- 68, color woodblock print Slide 33 Mary Cassatt- Impressionist (Japan opens up to the western world in 1853-1854/ trade) Slide 34 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 Slide 35 influence of Western perspective/Mount Fuji/ nature as an active force/ Manga Slide 36 Katshshika Hokusai. Mount Fuji in Clear Weather from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1830-2, oban woodblock print Slide 37 Katsushika Hokusai. Amida Waterfall on the Kiso Highway from A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces, c.1883-4, color woodblock print Slide 38 Amida waterfall/ geometry of nature Slide 39 Ando Hiroshige. Fireworks over Ryoguku Bridge, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, woodblock print Slide 40 Ando Hiroshige. Sudden Shower over Ohashi Bridge, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, color woodblock print Famous views of Edo Slide 41 Ando Hiroshige. Scattered Pines, Tone River, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, color woodblock print Slide 42 Ando Hiroshige. Plum Garden at Kameido, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, color woodblock print Slide 43 the Sleeping Dragon Plum / emphasis on negative space Slide 44 Van Gogh- Post-Impressionist