ASIA 278 - Arts of Japan

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as ART 278) This course surveys Japanese art from prehistory to the end of the Meiji era (1868-1912). We examine various artworks and media, such as funerary objects, murals, scroll paintings, jewelry, textiles, gardens, and theatrical arts. Detailed visual analysis and critical readings of primary texts lead us to a range of topics, including the rise of Zen aesthetics, Sino-Japanese cultural exchange, urban fashion and print culture in the Japanese shogunate, the role of illustration in Japanese literary culture, and the place of women as patrons, pioneers and centerpieces of propaganda and consumption in premodern Japan. Petya Andreeva.

Prerequisite(s): ART 105 or ART 106 or any 100-level Asian Studies class.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS