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History of East Asian Art

A.Y. 2021/2022
9
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
L-OR/20
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course gives to the students a general knowledge of Japanese art history from a historical, linguistic and technical point of view. It offers a reflection on the relations with China, Korea, South Asia and Europe during the centuries. Painting, sculpture, architecture and applied arts will be studied, from pre-historical eras to Edo period and the opening of Japan to Western culture (1868).
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge of the Japanese historical-artistic chronology also with reference to China. Basic knowledge of Japanese terms in the historical-artistic field (Eras and periods, movements, schools, artists, techniques, supports) and their correspondent Italian and English terms. Knowledge of Japanese artistic developments in the Asian context. Capacity to express with a language adequate to Japanese art categories and obtainment of the necessary instruments to describe/catalogue Japanese art objects.

Lesson period: First semester

Lessons timetable

Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi

Exams calendar

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Menegazzo Rossella
Lesson period
First semester
Lessons will be given in presence in classroom and in streaming on the TEAMS platform of the Course for those students that cannot be present for important reasons in classroom. Registration of the seat in the classroom has to follow procedures given by the University.
Course syllabus
Title of the course:
Introduction to Japanese art history from Jomon period to Edo period (60 ore, 9 cfu)

- Part A (20 hours, 3 cfu):
[Introduction to Japanese art history: from prehistoric Jomon period to Heian period(794-1185)]

- Part B (20 hours, 3 cfu):
[Main artists and art movements in Japan from Kamakura period (1185-1333) to Momoyama period (1573-1603)]

- Part C (20 hours, 3 cfu):
[Premodern Era and the opening of Japan to the West: Edo period (1603-1868)]
Prerequisites for admission
Capacity to read, study and understand texts written in English. For those students who intend to follow also the course of "Visual Arts, Spectacle and Design of East Asia" it's preferable (but not mandatory) to give priority to the course of "East Asian Art History" in order to have a basic knowledge of the history of art.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons by use of projections in power point and videos. Lessons at Oriental Art Museums in Italy and/or at temporary exhibitions held during the period of the course. Proposal of seminars with Japanese and East Asian professors, curators, artists. Calendar of the lessons and details of activities will be published during the course online and through advises on Ariel.
Teaching Resources
Part A
-Mason, Penelope, History of Japanese Art, Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2005 (manual, to study up to the Heian period included)
Suggested volume on Heian period:
- Carpenter, John T., Mc Cormick, Melissa, The Tale of Genji. A Japanese classic illuminated, New York, THE MET 2019 (pdf online on MET website)
- Lessons materials

Part B
-Mason, Penelope, History of Japanese Art, Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2005 (manual to study from Kamakura period up to Momoyama period included)
-Lessons materials

Part C
-Mason, Penelope, History of Japanese Art, Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2005 (manual to study up to the Edo period included)
A volume at choice among these:
-Menegazzo, Rossella, Hokusai Hiroshige Utamaro, Skira, 2016
-Menegazzo Rossella, Hokusai. The Master's Legacy, Skira 2017
Suggested volume on ukiyoe:
-Menegazzo Rossella, Kuniyoshi. Visionary of the Floating World, Skira 2017
Suggested volume on Rinpa school:
-T. Carpenter, John, Designing Nature. The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, New York, THE MET 2012 (pdf online on MET website)
-Lessons materials
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral exam. Student is requested to briefly present (few minutes) a free-choice subject among those studied during the course to demonstrate the capacity to research autonomously bibliographic and iconographic materials with a critical approach and an adequate language. Questions by the teacher aim to ascertain the comprehension of the concepts and the knowledge of the specific language, the main currents and personalities of Japanese art history, as well as the capacity to analyze a work among those presented during the course. The exam is valued with a vote out of thirty which will be communicated at the end of the discussion with immediate approval.
Unità didattica A
L-OR/20 - EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, ART HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unità didattica B
L-OR/20 - EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, ART HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unità didattica C
L-OR/20 - EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, ART HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)
Menegazzo Rossella
Reception:
on appointment