AGENDA - Japan

1. AGENDA - Japan • Things To Get: • Papers from the front of the room – RETURN THE READING WHEN YOU ARE FINSISHED! • Notebook paper • Things to Do: • Opener: Overview of Pre-Modern World: Asia • Notes: Overview of Japan • Activity: Scavenger Hunt • Overview: Japanese Theater • Exit: What is Kabuki video?

2. AGENDA - Japan • Turn in culture project to the basket! • Things To Get: • Papers from the front of the room – RETURN THE READING WHEN YOU ARE FINSISHED! • Notebook paper • Things to Do: • Opener: Overview of Pre-Modern World: Asia • Notes: Overview of Japan • Activity: Scavenger Hunt • Overview: Japanese Theater • Exit: What is Kabuki video?

3. Review Questions • This is one of the elements of visual art – it can be real or visual. • This is speaking loudly on stage so the audience can hear you. • A succession of organized tones, what you remember most from a song. • This type of architectural structure is supported only at one end. • This type of dance uses simple costumes and sometimes no shoes. • This aspect of a dance element can be high, medium or low.

4. 7. This is the area on a stage that is farthest from the audience. 8. This principle of art can be symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial. 9. This element of music is determined by how loudly or softly the music is played by the musicians. 10. This type of stage has a run way or catwalk.

5. OpenerRead the KET article entitled and answer the following questions #1-18 • 1) The Jomon hunter gathers of Japan developed a unique form of pottery. Why was this development of pottery significant? • 2) Religion is cited as being an influence on the art and architecture of Asia What are the religions that influence this area? • 3) What famous Hindu temple is located in Vijayanagara, India? • 4) What were the first Buddhist structures in India? Describe these structures. • 5) What is a pagoda? • 6) Chinese calligraphy is described as being two forms. What are these? • 7) What are the media used to produce Chinese calligraphy? • 8)What three characteristics allowed an artist to develop a unique brush stroke? • 9) How did Buddhism influence Asian sculpture? • 10) What makes Jomon pottery unique?

6. OpenerRead the KET article entitled and answer the following questions #1-18 • 8)What three characteristics allowed an artist to develop a unique brush stroke? • 9) How did Buddhism influence Asian sculpture? • 10) What makes Jomon pottery unique? • 11) What were some of the original purposes for China (the blue and white porcelain pottery)? • 12) Read about the characteristics of figurative ceramics during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). What is a characteristic shared by both sculptures of this time period and those produced in the Renaissance? (Animated and what?) • 13) Describe the process of silk making. • 14) What country has a highly developed tradition of producing batik? • 15) How is a viewer supposed to look at a scroll painting? • 16) What are the characteristics of traditional Chinese painting? • 17) What are the differences between Chinese and Japanese painting? • 18) How are woodblock prints created? Once you are done, get out a piece of notebook paper for notes.

7. Japan Overview

8. Overview of Japan • Japan’s history is organized into periods: • Jomon Period • Azuchi-Momoyama Period • Muromachi Period • Edo Period • Meji restoration • Taisho Period • Showa Period • Conformist • Heavily influenced by Chinese thought • Reserved • Minimalist • Process over product

9. Introduction to Japanese Art • Work in pairs to learn information about Jomon pottery, Kano school paintings, and woodblock prints. • 20 minutes… at the conclusion of 20 minutes, you must be in your seat!

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31. On a half sheet of paper, draw an example of a kano school painting, a woodblock print, and a Jomon pot. In addition, answer the following questions: _____ 1) Why was the development of Jomon pottery significant? a. It was completed long before any other culture and it was created before the Jomon people developed agricultural techniques. b. It was designed with Chinese characters and therefore showed connection between early Japan and China. _____ 2) The Kano school became more popular after Kano Motonobu merged traditional Chinese painting styles with what characteristics associated with Japanese interests? a. simplicity, texture, and line b. decorativeness, color, and pattern _____ 3) Describe the process of woodblock printing: a. An image is created on a block of wood. When the block is ready to be printed, the block is painted according to what color the image is, and it is stamped on either paper or silk. b. Part of an image is created on a block of wood; for example, the landscape might be created first. This image is inked, and then “stamped” onto a piece of silk or paper. After this, the next layer of the image is carved into the block of wood, and it is inked as another color. This layering process is continued until the image is completed.