ART HIS 42C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ikkyū, Sesson Shukei, Muromachi Period
22 Dec 2019
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Features: this artwork is a hanging scroll. Unlike the hand scroll, this work"s composition is vertical rather than horizontal. The properties of a hanging scroll include multiple panels on top and bottom, a wooden rod at the bottom for support so it does not fly away. There is a cord on the back if you want to roll it back up and put it away. The viewer engages with hanging scrolls differently from hand scrolls because with a hanging scroll, you can see the entire thing immediately. The viewers seeing this are different - who has access to tea ceremony rooms - aristocrats, shoguns, higher elite class members. Notable features of the prawn fisher is the empty space which is used to place emphasis on the main subject of the work (the fisherman), no color use (black and white). There is an emphasis on the brush strokes during this time period.
