ART HIS 42C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Onnagata, Chromolithography, Art History
22 Dec 2019
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4 categories of imagery during war : heroes, explosions, sea battles, and death. Story - leading squadron up the hill, found a little chinese boy freezing in the snow, boys family run away bc they were scared of japanese. Captain higuchi saves little boy, however is encountered by artillery represented by the red lines in the image. After the battle, gives boy to some prisoners of war, to give boy back to his family. Motivation behind work to counter japanese atrocities. Imagery of japanese military important during this period. Story is the hero in the image, 28 yrs old, holds war fan, kills soldier. Red splatter - flicked onto the work. New comic play at the mejia theater. Focuses on heroic adaptations of these heroes. Made from a very thick chunk of limestone. Don"t cut surface, use some type of oil resist to draw on it, then ink it. When ur done, it is sanded off.
