ASIAN 362L - Japanese Art from 16th to 20th Centuries: Japan and the West

3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This course looks at Japanese art across mediums during the sixteenth through twentieth centuries; in Japanese historical terms, from the Momoyama through Meiji periods. The course will pay particular attention to how Japanese are engaged with the West and Western art, beginning with Portuguese traders in the sixteenth century, moving the so-called “period of isolation” from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, and concluding with the opening of Japan following Commodore Perry’s arrival in 1853.

Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ART/ASIAN 104L or ART 256 or ASIAN/JAPAN 252L or JAPAN 270 or ASIAN/HIST 115L or ASIAN/HIST 160L

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