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 110-138 Japanese Art: Zen Painting to Edo Prints

Note

This subject is offered through the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Prof W H Coaldrake

Prerequisites

50 points of second/third year subjects in art history or Japanese for third year. Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in Art History, Japanese or Asian Studies for fourth Year.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject explores the dynamic artistic tradition of Japan from Zen ink painting of the late medieval period to the ukiyo-e woodblock prints of the dawn of modern urban society (c.1400-1850). Major forms of artistic expression will be examined, including screen and scroll painting, lacquer and ceramics, prints and drawings. There will be opportunities for examination of original works of art from collections in Melbourne. Students should become versed in major forms of artistic expression in Japan from 1400 to 1850.

Assessment

Essays totalling 4000 words for thirrd year, 5000 words for fourth year.

Prescribed Texts
  • S Addiss with S A Yoshiko, How to Look at Japanese Art. Abrams, 1996.
  • P Mason, History of Japanese Art. Abrams, 1993.
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