EASIA234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Kuroda Seiki, Yokoyama Taikan, Antonio Fontanesi
13 Dec 2016
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Ea 240: november 29, 2016 meiji period 2: japanese art at home and abroad. New setting of the west (influence), rather than what had been historically chinese influence. Other japanese writers/painters travelling back and forth, and vice versa: also looking at western art set in japan. Hiroshige ii american steamship entering the harbour, polychrome woodblock print (1861) Port in nagasaki was far off to the west, this one is probably set in yokohama. Major difference between pre- and post- meiji: did not have access to western artists to teach them how to pai(cid:374)t had a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to (cid:271)ooks, (cid:271)ut (cid:374)ot a(cid:272)tual painters. Modern terms, produce something different than the popular woodblock style print that was produced at the time. Still the major divisions for painting in japan. Shiba kokan the barrel-maker, hanging scroll, oil on silk (1789: no canvas, painted on silk. Abraham van st. clara the cooper, copperplate etching in iets voor allen (1736)
