Asian Art History Flashcards
Which shows how the material and ideational aspects are closely interlinked.
Semiotic Approach
Study of signs
Semiotic
Going beyond the semiotic approach and situating the art work on its______________________________
Social and historical milieu
Four planes of analysis
Basic semiotic plane, iconic plane, contextual plane, evaluative plane
covers the elements and the general technical and physical aspects of the work with their semantic meaning-conveying potential.
Basic semiotic plane
Basic semiotic plane includes the following:
Visual elements
Choice of medium and techniques
Format of the work
Other physical properties and marks.
It has to do with the particular features, aspects, and qualities of the image.
Iconic Plane
It includes the choice of subject, which may bear social and political implications.
Iconic plane
includes the positioning of the figures and the signification that arises from its presentation.
Iconic plane
It also takes into account the relationship of the figures to one another, whether massed, isolated, or juxtaposed in terms of affinity or contrast.
Iconic plane
In this plane, the symbolisms in the basic semiotic plane and the iconic plane are resituated in their socio-political context to understand their meanings.
Contextual Plane
It situates the work in the personal and social circumstances of its production.
Contextual Plane
may be derived from personal life experiences significant to the artist and particular biographical data may be important in understanding the work in its totality.
Theme and subtheme.
Focused on analyzing the values of the work
Evaluative plane
Done through analyzing how the form and content of the artwork combine to create meaning.
Evaluative Plane
done by referring to standards of excellence in the use of the medium and its related techniques.
Evaluation
coincide, overlap, or in opposition with one another, thus there may be more than one way of analyzing the evaluative plane.
Diverse value systems
Four planes of analysis:
Basic semiotic plane, iconic plane, contextual plane, evaluative plane
Japan’s earliest distinct culture.
Jomon
This period takes its name from the clay pots found with coil decorations made by imprinting ropes to create the designs.
Jomon and Yayoi Period
Archaeologists unearthed the first evidence for the Yayoi culture in the?
Yayoi District of Tokyo
Archaeologists unearthed the first evidence for the Yayoi culture in the Yayoi district of Tokyo, but both culture emerged in?
Kyushu
Increasing contact with the East Asian mainland is evident from the Yayoi dotaku, which were modeled on?
Han Chinese Bells
Increasing contact with the East Asian mainland is evident from the?
Yayoi dotaku
means “old tomb,’
Kofun
are the primary characteristic of the last pre-Buddhist period of Japanese art.
Kofun means “old tomb,’ and great earthen burial mounds
The largest tumulus in Japan, attributed to whom? who died in 399, is at Sakai.
Emperor Nintoku
About ____________ clay cylindrical figures (haniwa) stood around and on top of the Sakai tumulus
20,000
Clay cylindrical figures
Haniwa
About 20,000 clay cylindrical figures (haniwa) stood around and on top of the___________.
Sakai Tumulus
represent inanimate objects and animals as well as human figures, including warriors.
Haniwa sculptures
They formed a protective spiritual barrier between the living and the dead.
Haniwa Sculptures
was first introduced to Japan in 552
Buddhism
in 552, and the first Buddhist artworks, such as Tori Busshi Shaka triad at Horyuji date to the?
Asuka period (552-645)
During this period (645-784), a centralized imperial government was established, whose capital was at
Nara from 710 to 784.
Nara Period (645-784)
Nara architecture :
Horyuji Kondo, Tang Chinese Models (ceramic rooftiles), curved roofline
constructed at Todaiji in 743 is the largest wooden building in the world.
Daibutsuden
the imperial house moved its capital to Heiankyo (Kyoto). Shortly thereafter, Esoteric Buddhism was introduced to Japan.
794
invokes images of the celestial architecture of the Buddha’s Pure Land of the West.
Phoenix Hall at Uji
masterpiece of Heian Buddhist architecture
Phoenix Hall at UJi
This painting was a major Heian art form.
Narrative Scroll
feature elevated viewpoints that suggest three- dimensional space and flat colors that emphasize the painting’s two dimensional character.
Illustrated scroll of Lad Murasaki’s Tales of Genji
power shifted from Japanese emperor to the first
shogun of Kamakura.
1185 (kamakura period)
became great patrons of art and
architecture.
Shoguns
diverse in both subject and style and includes historical narratives, such as Events of the Heiji Period, and Buddhist hanging scrolls.
Kamakura Period
noteworthy for their realism and the use of
rock crystal for the eyes.
Seated statute of the priest Shunjobo-chogen
example of this is the seated statue of the priest Shunjobo Chogen.
Kamakura Wooden portrait
The period takes its name from Kyoto district which the Ashikaga shoguns maintained as their headquarters.
Muromachi Period
displays great variety in both subject matter and style.
Muromachi Painting
Splashed-ink style, which has Chinese roots.
Haboku style
An early haboku master
Sesshu Toyo
Zen Buddhism rose to prominence in Japan.
Muromachi Period
often featured gardens of the karesansui (dry landscape) type, which promoted meditation.
Zen temples
Zen temple often featured a (dry landscape) type, which promoted meditation.
gardens of the karesansui
Dry landscape
Karesansui type
This period is often regarded as a renaissance period of Japanese art history.
Momoyama Period
The period takes its name from one of their castles
outside of Kyoto.
Momoyama Period (Momoyama, Peach Blossom Hill)
a six part folding screen featuring animals considered to be symbols of power and bravery.
Chinese Lion By kano Eitoku
This period also saw the Japanese tea ceremony become an important social ritual.
Momoyama Period
he is the first tea master designed the first teahouse build as an independent structure.
Sen no Rikyu
The favored tea utensils were?
Rustic shino wares
This period began when the Momoyama shogun, Tokugawa leyasu (1542-1616), moved his headquarters from Kyoto to Edo (modern Tokyo).
Edo Period
Growing urbanization in the major Japanese cities fostered a lively popular culture focused on?
Sensual pleasure and Theatrical entertainment
emerged as a major alternative school of painting to the Kano School, which became a virtual national art academy.
Rinpa School for Ogata Korin
both paintings and crafts, feature vivid colors and extensive use of gold,
as in Boat Bridge writing box by Honami Koetsu.
Rinpa Works
By Honami Koetsu
Boat Bridge Writing Box
Creator of Boat Bridge Writing Box
Honami Koetsu
The best known products of this sophisticated counterculture are the________________________ by Suzuki Harunobo
Ukiyo-e woodblockprints of edo’s “floating world”
feature scenes from brothels and the theater as well as beautiful women in domestic settings.
Ukiyo-e woodblock prints of edo’s “Floating world”
relies on subtleties of proportion, color, and texture, instead of ornament for aesthetic appeal, set the standard for all later Japanese domestic architecture.
Katsura Imperial Villa
toppled in 1868, opening the modern era of Japanese history.
Tokugawa Shogunate
Japanese artists incorporated ___________________in their works and even produced oil paintings.
shading and perspective
Japanese architects achieved worldwide reputations.
Post world war ll
He was a master of creating dramatic shapes using cable suspension system for his concrete-and-steel buildings.
Tange Kenzo
multifaceted, and the traditional and the modern
flourish side by side.
Contemporary art in japan
Momoyama shogun
Tokugawa leyasu
