Art History Course: Human Experience and Japanese Art
Schedule
Thu Nov 07 2024 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
919 Broadway, Nashville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37203 | Nashville, TN
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Learn more about Japan through its visual expressions in this three-part course that illustrates the ways that human experience is at the core of the exploration of sky, sea, forest, and city featured in Journey through Japan: Myths to Manga.Thursday, November 7: “Beyond Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’”
This class will dive into the basics of nineteenth-century Japanese woodblock printmaking, the so-called “Great Wave” (Under the Wave off Kanagawa) as the most famous work of Japanese art globally, and the experiences of daily life in Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Participants will explore Katsushika Hokusai’s world from mountain to sea, to city, in order to understand the richness of woodblock prints.
Thursday, November 14: “Storytelling in Japanese Art”
From tales of a moon princess and a sun goddess to fables of fishermen and ghosts, storytelling in Japan has a long history. This session will explore the art of telling stories. By looking at specific works in Journey through Japan, we will learn about their associated tales, art-historical trajectories, and other related works.
Thursday, November 21: “Cute and Apocalyptic? Japanese Art in the Post-War Period”
This class will focus on visual expressions from the period following World War II until today, specifically looking at both “cute” (kawaii) culture and apocalyptic imaginations in art and popular culture. Among other things, participants will consider the effects of wartime experiences, technological advancement and unease, and the intersections of “art” and “pop culture.”
Learn more and register - https://fristartmuseum.org/event/art-history-course-human-experience-and-japanese-art/
Image: Katsushika Hokusai. Under the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, ca. 1831. Woodblock print; 9 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. V&A: Given by the Misses Alexander, E.4823-1916. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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