ASST 270
Japanese Art and Culture
Spring 2018
Division I
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed
ARTH 270
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Class Details
This course is a survey of traditional Japanese painting, sculpture, architecture, woodblock prints, and decorative arts. Special attention will be paid to the developments in artistic style and subject matter in the contexts of contemporary cultural phenomena. Through visual analysis students learn the aesthetic, religious, and political ideals and cultural meanings conveyed in the works of art. Course highlights include the transmission of Buddhism and its art to Japan; Zen Buddhism and its art (dry gardens; temples; and tea ceremony related art forms) in the context of samurai culture; the sex industry and kabuki theater, their art, and censorship; and the Western influences on Japanese art and culture and vice versa, (Japanese woodblock prints’ impact on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, for example).
As an EDI course, this course also helps acquire skills in cultural critique, especially when considering the interconnectedness between Japan and other cultures, both Eastern and Western, throughout its history.
The Class:
Format: lecture
Limit: 35
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 35
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
three 30- to 40-minute quizzes, two short papers, film screening, class attendance
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites:
none
Distributions:
Division I
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes:
meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ASST
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ARTH 270 Division I ASST 270 Division I
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ARTH 270 Division I ASST 270 Division I
Attributes:
ARTH pre-1600 Courses
GBST East Asian Studies
GBST East Asian Studies
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ASST 270 - 01 (S) LEC Japanese Art and Culture
ASST 270 - 01 (S) LEC Japanese Art and CultureDivision I Exploring Diversity InitiativeJu-Yu Scarlett JangTR 9:55 am - 11:10 am
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