LAAH 865 - Arts of Japan

This course covers the architecture, ceramics, painting, and sculpture of Japan from 11,000 BCE to the nineteenth century CE, and if time permits into the twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. It considers and examines the special characteristics of Japanese art, and analyzes the influence of Chinese art and culture on Japanese art and culture. Particular attention will be paid Buddhist art, especially that influenced by Zen Buddhism. In addition, Japan’s unique achievements in illustrated narrative hand-scrolls of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and decorative screens of the sixteenth-eighteenth centuries will be highlighted. One quiz, one paper, a mid-term, and final examination.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: LACR 102

Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs