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FOCUS AREA ONE: Historical Overview
Read the handout, 'The Art of Japan', and answer the following questions:
1. When did the first artworks in Japan
appear?
2. Describe the artworks of the Kofun period.
3. Where did outside influences come from in early Japanese
art?
4. Explain how the Buddhist religion reached Japan.
5. What did a Japanese temple look like? From what material
was it made and why?
6. What period in Japanese art was considered the golden age and why?
7. What was the first example
of Japanese art and how did it come about?
8. How does the screen painting by Saomi Kangaku Shinso reflect Zen Buddhism?
9. What led to the development of the Ukiyo-e style in art?
10. What prompted the development of woodblock printing
in Japan?
FOCUS AREA TWO: Contemporary Artists
1. Choose one (1) Japanese artist that you like from one (1) of the categories below:
Contemporary Japanese Artists
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Artists of Japanese Heritage
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Yayoi Kusama
Mariko Mori
Yasumasa Morimura
Takashi Murakami
Motohiko Odani
Yoshitomo Nara
Tabaimo
Tomoko Sawada
Hiroshi Sugimoto
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Tomie Arai
Roger Shimomura
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2. Biographical Research
Use the following questions as a guide:
How old is he or she? (How much older than you?)
Where is he or she from? Where did he or she grow up? What events or special circumstances affected their artwork or decision
to become an artist?
Where does he or she work?
Did he or she study art? Where?
How/ why did he or she become an artist?
What are his or her influences?
3. Looking at His or Her Artwork
Describe thematerials, subject matter, themes, etc, typically found in his or her work.
How is his or her work, Japanese? Consider materials, processes, subject matter, themes, etc.
Why did you choose this artist? What do you like about his or her work?
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