ART HIS 42C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Edo Period, Ukiyo-E, Kabuki
26 Jul 2019
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Refers to japanese paintings and woodblock prints that depicted famous theater actors, beautiful courtesans, city life, travel in romantic landscapes, and erotic scenes. A material that was used in the artwork during the edo period. Aftermath of 1657 fire, like edo inhabitants reconstructing their physical surroundings in a manner suited to the practical requirements of daily life, artists reconstructed the city of their imagination. This led to emergence of woodblock prints. Unlike paintings, prints could be produced rapidly, relatively, inexpensively and in large numbers. Some were called castle busters bc only the most wealthy could afford them. Yoshiwara was the place for courtesans, a designated place for courtesans to exist. Pictures that were very amusing by the way they were presented. Actors and courtesans were the main focus when painters made single-figure embodiments. Name: the flirt from the series ten examples of female physiognomy.
