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Lecture 35
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Professor Winther Tamaki
Art history department
Art History 42 C
Japanese Art History
Course Code 21020
Discussion code 21021
4 units
No Pre-Reqs
11:00 - 11:50 MWF
Location: HG1800
Notes
❖ Kiyochika, our fleet sinks a chinese warship, 1894
➢ Sea battle
➢ Woodblock
➢ Made all of japanese ships white
➢ Enemy chinese ships black
➢ Helped organize imagery for viewing public
➢ Decided that the real drama that should be focused on is beneath the water
➢ Ship sinking
➢ Based off artists imagination
➢ See ppl drowning under water
❖ Imagery of sea battle during russo-japanese war different than previous war
❖ Most focused upon photography
❖ See the mechanics of powerful weapons being used on these ships
❖ Gun being fired on a warship of the imperial navy in the vicinity of haiyang island,
mizuno toshikata, 1894
➢ Close copy to an artwork during 1894 in british art literature
➢ ***Loading on board a man of war, practice with a six inch loading gun, williams
heysham overend, 1894
❖ 26 shots turned out ammunition room into a scene of carnage, 1896
➢ Death
➢ Not published
➢ Illustration from a book
➢ This image was held back bc too bloody and gory
➢ Demoralizing to those who had family in military
❖ Mitsutani , kunishiro, death of captain hayashi, oil painting, 1897
➢ Larger image than woodblock
➢ Death of a hero
➢ Was publicized
➢ Not blood initially, was added on
❖ Avant-Garde Art
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