The Art Of Japan - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 20
About This Presentation
Title:

The Art Of Japan

Description:

Over 10,000 artistic treasures were given to the Great Buddha enshrined there. The Heian Period ... It is considered the classical Japanese style ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:85
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 21
Provided by: michaelm3
Category:
Tags: art | japan

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: The Art Of Japan


1
The Art Of Japan
  • Lesson Three

2
Early Development of Japanese Art
  • Artwork consists mainly of simple, undecorated
    vessels, figures, and animals made of red clay.
  • Many clay figures and animals have been
    discovered around burial grounds, possibly to
    ward off evil spirits and protect the dead.

3
Introduction to Buddhism
  • A.D. 552, Korean rule sent a gilt bronze figure
    of Buddha to the Japanese Emperor with Buddhist
    writings and missionaries.
  • This statue, writings, and missionaries
    introduced Buddhism to Japan.
  • Initially, there was resistance, especially by
    followers of Shinto (native religion of Japan).
  • Eventually, Buddhism rooted itself firmly all
    through the country, coming to affect every
    aspect of Japanese culture.

4
Temple Construction
  • A.D. 594, Empress Shiko ordered Buddhist temples
    to be built in her kingdom.
  • For this, she hired Korean architects,
    wood-carvers, bronze workers, weavers, and other
    skilled artisans to build and decorate the
    temples.
  • Similar to the Chinese temples, but more richly
    decorated and delicately assembled.
  • Because the Japanese islands were formed by
    volcanic rock, there was little hard stone
    available for building the temples therefore the
    Japanese used wood.
  • Japanese builders transformed their simple
    construction work into an art form.
  • Temples began with a stone base, with carefully
    carved, fitted, and joined wooden posts rising
    from the base.
  • The temples and palaces had to be designed
    specially in order to resist destruction via
    earthquakes and violent storms which are second
    nature to the island nation.

5
Temple at Horyuji
  • Built near Nara around year 616, the temple
    complex at Horyuji is considered to be among the
    greatest architectural achievements in Japan.
  • Constructed on a square plan surrounded by a
    double wall.
  • Inside the temple were many buildings the main
    hall with a sculpture of Buddha, a lecture hall,
    a library, and a bell tower.

6
Temple at Horyuji
  • Also, the temple hosted two pagodas.
  • A pagoda is 'a tower several stories high with
    roofs slightly curved upward at the edges'.
  • The pagodas contained sacred relics.
  • One pagoda survived earthquakes and outlasted
    thousands of stone edifices.
  • Still stands in Nara today as the oldest wooden
    structure in the world.

7
The Treasures at Todaiji
  • Erected by the emperor Shomu in 742 A.D.
  • Over 10,000 artistic treasures were given to the
    Great Buddha enshrined there.

8
The Heian Period
  • The Heian period was preceded by the Nara period
    and began in 794 after the movement of the
    capital of Japan to Heian-kyo (present day
    Kyoto), by the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu. It is
    considered a high point in Japanese culture that
    later generations have always admired. The period
    is also noted for the rise of the samurai class,
    which would eventually take power and start the
    feudal period of Japan.

9
The Yamato-e Style
  • Yamato-e (???) is a style of Japanese painting
    inspired by Tang dynasty paintings and developed
    in the late Heian period. It is considered the
    classical Japanese style

Scene from The Tale of Genji by Tosa Mitsuoki,
17th century
10
Uji Bridge Screen, an example of later Yamato-e
from the 17th century
11
The Kamakura Period
  • The Kamakura period (???? Kamakura-jidai?,
    11851333) is a period of Japanese history that
    marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate,
    officially established in 1192 by the first
    Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo.

12
The Great Buddha at Kamakura
  • The Great Buddha of Kamakura is a monumental
    outdoor bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha in the
    Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa
    Prefecture, Japan.
  • It is believed that the statue was originally
    cast in 1252, following an idea by the priest
    Joko, who also collected donations to build it.
    The sculptors were One-Goroemon and
    Tanji-Hisatomo.
  • The statue is approximately 13.35m tall and
    weighs approximately 93 tons. The statue is
    hollow, and visitors can view the interior for 20
    Yen a person.
  • The Great Buddha was originally housed in a
    temple, but this was washed away by a tsunami in
    1498.1 Since then the statue has stood in the
    open air. Repairs were carried out in 1960-1961,
    when the neck was strengthened and measures were
    taken to protect it from earthquakes.

13
The Rich Era of Japanese Art
  • In 1615 Iyeyasu Tokugawa overwhelmed the forces
    of rival military leaders in a bloody battle that
    enable him to build a new capital at Edo (the
    modern city of Tokyo) and established the Edo
    rule, which continued until 1867.
  • Period represented the most peaceful and
    prosperous period of Japan.
  • Artwork for the new middle class was in demand
    and one style led to the development of Ukiyo-e
    style, which means pictures of the passing world.

14
Woodblock Prints and the Ukiyo-e style
  • Prints were one way to satisfy the art market by
    a ways of mass production.
  • The process involves transferring and cutting
    pictures into a wood block, inking the surface of
    these blocks, and printing.

15
Four influential artists
  • Torii Kiyonobu (1664-1729)
  • Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)
  • Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
  • Ando Hiroshige (1795-1858)

16
Torii Kiyonobu (1664-1729)
17
Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)
18
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
19
Ando Hiroshige (1795-1858)
20
(No Transcript)
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com