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Asian Art History Flashcards

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Which shows how the material and ideational aspects are closely interlinked.

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Semiotic Approach

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Study of signs

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Semiotic

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Going beyond the semiotic approach and situating the art work on its______________________________

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Social and historical milieu

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Four planes of analysis

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Basic semiotic plane, iconic plane, contextual plane, evaluative plane

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covers the elements and the general technical and physical aspects of the work with their semantic meaning-conveying potential.

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Basic semiotic plane

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Basic semiotic plane includes the following:

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Visual elements
Choice of medium and techniques
Format of the work
Other physical properties and marks.

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It has to do with the particular features, aspects, and qualities of the image.

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Iconic Plane

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It includes the choice of subject, which may bear social and political implications.

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Iconic plane

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includes the positioning of the figures and the signification that arises from its presentation.

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Iconic plane

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It also takes into account the relationship of the figures to one another, whether massed, isolated, or juxtaposed in terms of affinity or contrast.

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Iconic plane

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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.

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Contextual Plane

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It situates the work in the personal and social circumstances of its production.

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Contextual Plane

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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.

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Theme and subtheme.

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Focused on analyzing the values of the work

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Evaluative plane

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Done through analyzing how the form and content of the artwork combine to create meaning.

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Evaluative Plane

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done by referring to standards of excellence in the use of the medium and its related techniques.

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Evaluation

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coincide, overlap, or in opposition with one another, thus there may be more than one way of analyzing the evaluative plane.

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Diverse value systems

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Four planes of analysis:

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Basic semiotic plane, iconic plane, contextual plane, evaluative plane

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Japan’s earliest distinct culture.

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Jomon

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This period takes its name from the clay pots found with coil decorations made by imprinting ropes to create the designs.

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Jomon and Yayoi Period

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Archaeologists unearthed the first evidence for the Yayoi culture in the?

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Yayoi District of Tokyo

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Archaeologists unearthed the first evidence for the Yayoi culture in the Yayoi district of Tokyo, but both culture emerged in?

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Kyushu

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Increasing contact with the East Asian mainland is evident from the Yayoi dotaku, which were modeled on?

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Han Chinese Bells

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Increasing contact with the East Asian mainland is evident from the?

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Yayoi dotaku

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means “old tomb,’

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Kofun

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are the primary characteristic of the last pre-Buddhist period of Japanese art.

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Kofun means “old tomb,’ and great earthen burial mounds

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The largest tumulus in Japan, attributed to whom? who died in 399, is at Sakai.

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Emperor Nintoku

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About ____________ clay cylindrical figures (haniwa) stood around and on top of the Sakai tumulus

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20,000

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Clay cylindrical figures

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Haniwa

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About 20,000 clay cylindrical figures (haniwa) stood around and on top of the___________.

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Sakai Tumulus

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represent inanimate objects and animals as well as human figures, including warriors.

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Haniwa sculptures

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They formed a protective spiritual barrier between the living and the dead.

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Haniwa Sculptures

33
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was first introduced to Japan in 552

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Buddhism

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in 552, and the first Buddhist artworks, such as Tori Busshi Shaka triad at Horyuji date to the?

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Asuka period (552-645)

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During this period (645-784), a centralized imperial government was established, whose capital was at
Nara from 710 to 784.

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Nara Period (645-784)

36
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Nara architecture :

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Horyuji Kondo, Tang Chinese Models (ceramic rooftiles), curved roofline

37
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constructed at Todaiji in 743 is the largest wooden building in the world.

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Daibutsuden

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the imperial house moved its capital to Heiankyo (Kyoto). Shortly thereafter, Esoteric Buddhism was introduced to Japan.

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794

39
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invokes images of the celestial architecture of the Buddha’s Pure Land of the West.

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Phoenix Hall at Uji

40
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masterpiece of Heian Buddhist architecture

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Phoenix Hall at UJi

41
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This painting was a major Heian art form.

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Narrative Scroll

42
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feature elevated viewpoints that suggest three- dimensional space and flat colors that emphasize the painting’s two dimensional character.

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Illustrated scroll of Lad Murasaki’s Tales of Genji

43
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power shifted from Japanese emperor to the first
shogun of Kamakura.

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1185 (kamakura period)

44
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became great patrons of art and
architecture.

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Shoguns

45
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diverse in both subject and style and includes historical narratives, such as Events of the Heiji Period, and Buddhist hanging scrolls.

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Kamakura Period

46
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noteworthy for their realism and the use of
rock crystal for the eyes.

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Seated statute of the priest Shunjobo-chogen

47
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example of this is the seated statue of the priest Shunjobo Chogen.

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Kamakura Wooden portrait

48
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The period takes its name from Kyoto district which the Ashikaga shoguns maintained as their headquarters.

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Muromachi Period

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displays great variety in both subject matter and style.

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Muromachi Painting

50
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Splashed-ink style, which has Chinese roots.

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Haboku style

51
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An early haboku master

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Sesshu Toyo

52
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Zen Buddhism rose to prominence in Japan.

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Muromachi Period

53
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often featured gardens of the karesansui (dry landscape) type, which promoted meditation.

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Zen temples

54
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Zen temple often featured a (dry landscape) type, which promoted meditation.

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gardens of the karesansui

55
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Dry landscape

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Karesansui type

56
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This period is often regarded as a renaissance period of Japanese art history.

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Momoyama Period

57
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The period takes its name from one of their castles
outside of Kyoto.

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Momoyama Period (Momoyama, Peach Blossom Hill)

58
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a six part folding screen featuring animals considered to be symbols of power and bravery.

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Chinese Lion By kano Eitoku

59
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This period also saw the Japanese tea ceremony become an important social ritual.

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Momoyama Period

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he is the first tea master designed the first teahouse build as an independent structure.

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Sen no Rikyu

61
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The favored tea utensils were?

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Rustic shino wares

62
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This period began when the Momoyama shogun, Tokugawa leyasu (1542-1616), moved his headquarters from Kyoto to Edo (modern Tokyo).

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Edo Period

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Growing urbanization in the major Japanese cities fostered a lively popular culture focused on?

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Sensual pleasure and Theatrical entertainment

64
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emerged as a major alternative school of painting to the Kano School, which became a virtual national art academy.

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Rinpa School for Ogata Korin

65
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both paintings and crafts, feature vivid colors and extensive use of gold,
as in Boat Bridge writing box by Honami Koetsu.

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Rinpa Works

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By Honami Koetsu

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Boat Bridge Writing Box

67
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Creator of Boat Bridge Writing Box

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Honami Koetsu

68
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The best known products of this sophisticated counterculture are the________________________ by Suzuki Harunobo

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Ukiyo-e woodblockprints of edo’s “floating world”

69
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feature scenes from brothels and the theater as well as beautiful women in domestic settings.

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Ukiyo-e woodblock prints of edo’s “Floating world”

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relies on subtleties of proportion, color, and texture, instead of ornament for aesthetic appeal, set the standard for all later Japanese domestic architecture.

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Katsura Imperial Villa

71
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toppled in 1868, opening the modern era of Japanese history.

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Tokugawa Shogunate

72
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Japanese artists incorporated ___________________in their works and even produced oil paintings.

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shading and perspective

73
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Japanese architects achieved worldwide reputations.

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Post world war ll

74
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He was a master of creating dramatic shapes using cable suspension system for his concrete-and-steel buildings.

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Tange Kenzo

75
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multifaceted, and the traditional and the modern
flourish side by side.

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Contemporary art in japan

76
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Momoyama shogun

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Tokugawa leyasu

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