Course Details
Country:
Japan
Institution:
Waseda University
Course Title:
Cultural Interaction between East and West in Art 2024
Course Number:
210EX42200
Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to the mutually influential art of the East and the West. This semester will again consist of two parts, the first half of which will focus on "Shosoin Treasures and Buddhist Art of Todaiji Temple. The second objective of this part is to interest each student in the origins of traditional designs and symbols in Japanese art. The second half of the course will cover a different topic each time. For example, we will focus on the visualization of the "Arabian Nights" and consider Orientalism and Japonisme in art. We will also consider manuscript illustrations from the Islamic world and Japanese picture scrolls, comparing media and painting materials with the actual objects. At the same time, the history of printing technology using plant-fiber paper will be reviewed.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ARTH 385, ARTH 398
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