Introduction to Art and Culture of Japan - East-West Center

Intersection s Cross-Discipline, Cross-Cultural, Multi-Layered Approach to East-West Studies Vicki Cook, Pima Community College Objective: Recreate Infused, Topical Lecture

Complicate over-simplified East/West comparative rhetoric Separate Lectures for E/W Courese Western Imperialism Eastern Isolationism/Separatism Dual-Ethnocentricism Difference as Definition of Culture Change as more than reaction to or against previous thought, action and II History

Art 105 and Culture of ArtJapan/China Appreciation Pima Community College Art 150 Art, History and Culture of East Asia University of

Arizona Van Gogh and Japonism (Japonisme) 1853 - 1890 Hiroshige and Ukiyo-e (Woodblock prints) 1797 -1856

ConsequencesIntended and Other Question of realism or not (temporarily) answered by camera Hiroshige retired from professional art to live a Buddhist life Demand for ukiyo-e diminished with rise in Western popularity Van Goghs Japanese style works usually in Eastern studies See influences of Japonism in both Art Nouveau and Cubism Twos sets of Hiroshige/Van Gogh painting gained some notice in post war academia

Historical France/ Perspective 1800s Japan Meiji Restoration of 1860s Open trading Increased interest in travel Catch-up efforts in

industrialization Europe Post Enlightenment French Revolution Napoleon and others Abolition of feudalism Industrialization Words Formal and Informal

Hiroshige Van Gogh I leave my brush in the East And set forth on my journey. I shall see the famous Places in the Western Land

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to Topics with Possibilities Women in postwar era culture and society

Philosophical constructions of linear vs. cyclical worldview Competing/complimentary styles of religious architecture Evidence of classic Western landscape influence in East Asian art Concluding Thoughts Find intersections of East/West art, history and culture Help to complicate myths and

stereotypes of East/West dualism Question our own assumptions about presentation of topics Spark interest of students by letting them choose topics of interest and form own questions, find answers Explore new ways of thinking about familiar topics and be inspired by others.