Ringling College of Art and Design Course Syllabus Spring, 2009 Mission of the College: Ringling College of Art and Design recognizes that artists and designers play a significant role in society. The school's primary mission is to provide programs leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree that prepare students to be discerning visual thinkers and ethical practitioners in their chosen area of art and design. Instructor: Office phone: Email: Daphne L. (941) 309-5037
[email protected] Rosenzweig Course Course Section: Course Title: Credit Prefix: number: Hours: AH 494 01 Japanese Art & Culture 3 Building: Room: Meeting days and times: Goldstein 06 Monday 3:30 – 6:15 pm Course Description: This course examines selected topics in ancient, classic, modern and contemporary Japanese art. (Not all periods, topics or media will be discussed in depth.) Prerequisites: AH 191, 192 or equivalent. Course Objectives: The course objectives for students are as follows: Ability to identify a work of art by title, artist, stylistic period, and school. Ability to compare and contrast specific works of art in terms of purpose, meaning, iconography, style, compositional organization, and historical significance. Understand the designated artistic themes and how themes are variously expressed and interpreted in different stylistic components of the course. Identify aesthetic criteria as they apply to different works of art. Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students should develop the following competencies: Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate works of art. Demonstrate an understanding of differences in cultures and societies. Demonstrate responsibility for independent learning and perseverance towards goal attainment. Recognize the social and ethical responsibility of creating art and design. Show an ability to discern artistic merit of diverse forms of art in their contexts. Be able to defend critical interpretations concerning the significance of artistic expression. Course Outline: See course schedule, page 5. Grading Policies: Attendance policy:
Regular and timely class attendance is MANDATORY. Continual lateness will affect grade. Pick up your folder from the box when you enter the classroom, and hand it back at the end of class. Do NOT write on the attendance sheet stapled to your folder; only the instructor will make entries on the attendance sheet. Class absences may be excused for reasons of health, family emergencies or legal requirements; however, a note from a doctor or the office of the Dean of Students is Page 1 of 10
required to gain excused absences. There is only ONE unexcused absence allowed in this advanced class. Each unexcused absence thereafter lowers your final grade by one-half of a letter grade. Students are responsible for material presented in each class as well as any outside work required for each class. Assignment criteria:
Required Work:
In Liberal Arts Program courses at the Ringling College of Art and Design, all writing assignments (reports, quizzes, response papers, essays, essay questions on exams, research papers, etc.) are expected to be appropriately organized and coherent, and demonstrate a command of Standard English. Research should be consistently and appropriately documented in accordance with a prescribed format. For clarification of Standard English issues, and documentation formats, see Keys for Writers (Fourth Edition), by Ann Raimes. 1) Completion of all required readings, and meaningful class participation based on the readings and websites which will be introduced in class. 2) There will be two exams. These are non-cumulative. 50% of each exam will be composed of identification of selected works of art/terms/forms from your JSB text, and 50% will be in essay/project form (See page 6 of Syllabus.). SLD students may have tests read to them. There will be no late exams given. The two exams are scheduled as follows: First exam: Second exam:
week five (2/16/09) week twelve (4/13/09)
3) One course essay based on questionnaire (See page 6 of Syllabus.), due no later than week fourteen (4/27/09). Course Grade:
Extra Credit Activity:
1) Regular and timely class attendance and active, meaningful participation (10% of grade). 2) Two exams (30% each, total of 60% of grade). 3) Course essay based on questionnaire (30% of grade). There is one extra credit activity which will occur during this semester, the Florida Token Kai (Japanese Sword Society) “Nineteenth Annual Japanese Sword Show”, to be held at the Tampa Airport Marriott Hotel, at TIA. If you attend, go to one of the demonstrations, or study sword fittings in several dealers’ cases, and hand in a two-page summary and critique of this activity, extra credit points will be awarded. February 13th (Fri.): 12 pm – 10 pm Page 2 of 10
February 14th (Sat.): 9 am – 10 pm (There are member/exhibitor activities after this) February 15th (Sun.): 9 am – 3 pm If you wish to attend, you must be accompanied by me and I need to submit your names in advance. (There is usually a $20 single day admission fee; if enough wish to attend, I can attempt to “negotiate” this.) See the attached information sheet, and website www.floridatokenkai.com/swordshow.html Grading Opportunities: There are two exams, one final essay/questionnaire, participation and attendance credit, and one extra credit activity. Grading System: Grade Numerical Equivalent A Superior Performance 4.00 A3.67 B+ 3.33 B Above Average 3.00 B2.67 C+ 2.33 C Average Performance 2.00 C1.67 D+ 1.33 D Below Average 1.00 DLowest Passing Grade 0.67 F Failing 0.00 WF Withdrew Failing 0.00 Grading System: These grades are not computed in the GPA P Credit But No Grade N No Credit W Withdrew Passing I Incomplete (see policy below) Required/Recommended Materials: Two textbooks, available in bookstore; Open Reserve and Reserve, in Library. Required/Recommended Text: The required texts are in paperback and available in the campus bookstore. Please bring the JSB text to each class, and the AS text to class as requested by instructor. 1) Joan Stanley-Baker, Japanese Art (London: Thames & Hudson, 2000 revised and expanded edition) [hereafter JSB] 2) Adele Schlombs, Hiroshige (Taschen, 2008) [hereafter AS] Copies of the required texts are on reserve in the library. Library and Learning Resources: Many books have been placed on Open Reserve in the library (See attached list.). DVDs and videos for required or recommended viewing are also available at the Reserve Desk in the library (See attached list.). There will also be class hand-outs and websites to be explored for certain class meetings. Page 3 of 10
You will find these library periodicals particularly useful: Arts of Asia, Daruma, Tricycle, Asian Art News, and Orientations. The Library has many books devoted to the topics of Japanese prints, netsuke, poetry and other literary forms, Zen and other forms of Buddhism, ceramics, gardens, theatre, modern art and architecture, paintings, paper, and calligraphy. It may be helpful for you to keep the following general call numbers in mind for your quizzes and final essay/questionnaire: Japanese poetry and language Japanese theatre General Japanese art Paper Japanese prints Japanese paintings Japanese teaism Japanese ceramics Japanese gardens
PL 600’s and 700’s PN 2921’s N 7350’s TS 1095’s ND 1059’s, NE 1321-5’s, N 7359’s ND 1053’s GT 2910’s NK 4210’s SB 450’s
Disabilities Accommodations: The Ringling College of Art and Design makes reasonable accommodations for qualified people with documented disabilities. If you have a learning disability, a chronic illness, or a physical or psychiatric disability that may have some impact on your work for this class and for which you may need accommodations, please notify the Director of the Academic Resource Center (Room 227 Ulla Searing Student Center; 359-7627) preferably before the end of the drop/add period so that appropriate adjustments can be made. Health and Safety: Ringling College of Art and Design is committed to providing students, faculty, and staff with a safe and healthful learning and work environment and to comply with all applicable safety laws and regulations and safe work practices. There will be no eating in the classroom. Academic Integrity Policy: There is a ZERO tolerance policy for theft, plagiarism, and all forms of harassment, punishable by possible dismissal and receiving an F for the course. Plagiarism is the intentional and/or unintentional use of another writer’s ideas, words, or research without proper citation (documentation of the source). The Writing Studio and ARC can cover the proper ways to document and give credit where it is due. Plagiarism, theft, and harassment are crimes. Professional Behavior in the Classroom: The use of laptops, cell phones, and other mechanical/digital devices during the class period is not permitted. All electronic devices (notebooks, MP3s, cell phones, etc.) are to be turned OFF during art history classes. The only exception will be for the student/notetaker entering the current class lecture notes into his/her computer. For this purpose only, designated seating will be assigned by the instructor at the beginning of the semester. If you are anticipating an emergency phone call, please alert the instructor at the beginning of the class and turn your cell phone to the vibration mode. Otherwise, all cell phones must be turned OFF. Text messaging during class is not permitted for any reason. Page 4 of 10
During the semester, there may be material discussed and/or illustrated which might be considered by some to have controversial, adult, or otherwise “politically incorrect” content. Art and ideas perceived as containing such content, however, are presented for their educational value, not for reasons of exploitation or confrontation. If you have a problem, please see the instructor. Incomplete Policy: Incompletes are granted only by the direction of the instructor. Course Schedule (Tentative), Topics and Reading Assignments: WEEK 1
DATE 1/12/09 1/19/09
TOPIC Introduction to Japan and Japanese Taste NO CLASS – MARTIN L. KING HOLIDAY
READING
2
1/26/09
Early Japan and Shinto
3
2/2/09
Early Buddhism
JSB: 3 (pp. 29-58), 4 to p. 76
4
2/9/09
Genji and Other Handscrolls
JSB: 4 (pp. 76-106)
5
2/16/09
FIRST EXAM (JSB Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4)
6
2/23/09
Medieval Japan and Zen
JSB: 5
7
3/2/09
The Love of Decoration
JSB: 6 to p. 184
3/9/09
NO CLASS – SPRING BREAK
Between this date and 2/8/09, visit the Ringling Museum to view the exhibition “Fashioning Kimono” JSB:1, 2, 3 to p. 29
8
3/16/09
The Floating World (1)
JSB: 6 (pp. 184-193), AS: pp. 6-33. THIS CLASS WILL MEET IN THE TEACHING ROOM OF THE LIBRARY.
9
3/23/09
The Floating World (2)
AS: pp. 34-45
10
3/30/09
The Floating World (3): Hiroshige and Hokusai
AS: pp. 46-91
11
4/6/09
12
4/13/09
SECOND EXAM (JSB Chapters 5, 6, 7; AS pp. 6-91)
13
4/20/09
Modern Art
14
4/27/09
Modern and Contemporary Art ESSAY/QUESTIONNAIRE DUE THIS WEEK
15
5/4/09
Japan and the West
JSB: 7
Contemporary Art
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Exam and Course Essay Information: Exam #1: Based on the exhibition currently on display at the Ringling Museum of Art, “Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan”, chose one kimono to describe and discuss in terms of its overall design concepts (include a rough drawing), then relate it to imagery in Tale of Genji paintings and prints (See books on Open Reserve and the various Genji tapes and DVDs on Reserve for source material.). Write a 3-4 page double-spaced, coherent and logically developed essay to hand in at the time of Exam #1; the pages must be stapled and have your name at the top. A Student Pass to see the Ringling Museum exhibition will be provided by the instructor.
Exam #2: Based on the Schlombs book, choose one Hiroshige print to analyze thoroughly. In an accompanying essay, first, present the standard “museum label” type of identification of the work; second, write up information that you have gathered about the subject of the print (Search the many books on Open Reserve and various on-line sources, and cite your sources.); third, “de-construct” the image and tell how it is composed; then, either create your own traditional version of this image or create a contemporary Japanese-style work based on this image, bringing it up to date. The re-creations or updates may be in any medium. Write a 3-4 page double-spaced, coherent and logically developed essay to hand in at the time of Exam #2; the pages must be stapled, and have your name at the top.
Final Essay/Questionnaire: For each of these three questions, use books on Open Reserve and be sure to cite your sources. Page counts do not include any illustrations. 1. What five qualities do you associate with Japanese art? Give examples from works in diverse media. 3-5 typed pages. 2. What one theme or design or work from Japanese art do you find particularly appealing or interesting, and why? 1-2 typed pages. 3. What single aspect of Japanese art do you find most surprising to you, and why? 12 typed pages.
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Books on Open Reserve in Library: Library Shelf No.
Title
Author
BH221.J3 H57 2001
A History of Modern Japanese Aesthetics
Transl. and edited by Michael F. Marra
BH221.J3 M36 1999
Modern Japanese Aesthetics
Michael F. Marra
BQ9298.S74 1999
Zen Masters: A Maverick, A Master of Masters & Wandering Poet
John Stevenson
DS838.5.K87 2002
Samurai: An Illustrated History
Mitsuo Kure
N6537.M364 A4 1998
Brice Marden: Work of the 1990's: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
Charles Wylie
N6537.O56 A4 2000
Yes: Yoko Ono
Alexandra Munroe
N7350.S23 2003
Discovering the Arts of Japan
N7353.6.U35 D47 2008
Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan
N7355.M87 2000
Superflat
Takashi Murakami
N7359.A43 A4 2002
Yoshitaka Amano
Foreword by Carlo McCormick
N7359.K37 A4 2003
Hokusai
Gian Carlo Calza
N7359.K37 H65 2005
Hokusai and His Age: Ukiyo-e Painting, Printmaking and Book Illustration in Late Edo Japan
John Carpenter
N7359.M677 A4 2000
Yasumasa Morimura: Historia del Arte
N7359.M87 A4 1999
Takashi Murakami: The Meaning the Nonsense of Meaning
Amanda Cruz, et.al.
N7359.N37 A4 2003
Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens
Yoshitomo Nara
N8194.A3 L6 2001
Shinto: The Sacred Art of Ancient Japan
Victor Harris
NA1559.M24 A4 1997
Fumihiko Maki: Buildings and Projects
Fumihiko Maki
NA1559.T235 A4 1998
Takasaki Masaharu: An Architecture of Cosmology
Takasaki Masaharu
NB1055.K66 1991
Contemporary Japanese Sculpture
Janet Koplos
NB237.N6 A88 1992b
Noguchi East and West
Dore Ashton
NC991.I44 1982
Illustration in Japan, v. 1
Anno Mitsumasa
ND1054.5.C66 1995
Nihonga: Transcending the Past: Japanese Style Painting 1868-1968
Ellen P. Conant
ND1057.K88 M67 1999
Modern Masters of Kyoto
Morioka Michiyo, et.al.
ND1059.6.G4 T35 2001
The Tale of Genji: Legends and Paintings
Miyeko Murase
ND1457.J32 R43 1989
Shodo: The Art of Coordinating Mind, Body and Brush
William Reed
ND1457.Z46 T362 1998
Brush Mind
Kazuaki Tanahashi
ND2071.A328 1989
The Art of Zen
Stephen Addiss
ND1059.6.G4 T35 2001
The Tale of Genji: Legends and Paintings
Intro. by Miyeko Murase
Tsuneko S. Sadao and Stephanie Wada Edited by Julia Meech and Jane Oliver
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Library Shelf No.
Title
Author
ND553.M7 A4 2001
Monet and Japan
Contributors David Bromfield, et.al.
NE642.B36 A4 2007
Paul Binnie, A Dialogue with the Past
Kendall H. Brown, et.al.
NE771.4.M54 1982
The Prints of Paul Jacoulet
Richard Miles
NE1210.P44 1977
Evolving Techniques in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Gaston Petit
NE1321.8.S984 1995
The Women of the Pleasure Quarter
Elizabeth de Sabato Swinto
NE1321.8.U38 2000
Mount Fuji: Sacred Mountain of Japan
Chris Uhlenbeck, et.al.
NE1321.85.K38 C53 1994
The Actor's Image: Printmakers of the Katsukawa School
Timothy Clark and Donald Kenkins
NE1321.8.L36 1978 NE1322.J36 2001 NE1322.M48 2000
Images from the Floating World: the Japanese Print Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Woodblock Prints from the Meiji Era Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints: Reflections of Meiji Culture
Richard Lane [published by Boston MFA] Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada Intro. by Henry Smith and Amy Poster
NE1325.A5 A4 1986
100 Famous Views of Edo / Hiroshige
NE1325.A5 A4 1988
Hiroshige: Birds & Flowers
Intro. by Cynthea Bogel
NE1325.A5 A4 1997
Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings
Matthi Forrer
NE1325.T76 S73 1983
Yoshitoshi's Thirty-Six Ghosts
John Stevenson
NE1325.K3 A4 1998
Hokusai: Bridging East and West
Exhibition curated by Matthi Forrer
NE1325.K3 B44 2007
Hokusai’s Project
David Bell
NE1325.K3 M47 1958
The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga
Edited by James A. Michener
NE1325.K5 D38 2007
Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty
Julie Nelson Davis
NE1325.M8 A4 2002
Munakata Shiko: Japanese Master of the Modern Print
Masatomo Kawai, et.al.
NK1071.J36 1998
Japan 2000: Architecture and Design for the Japanese Public
Edited by John Zukowsky
NK1071.T73 2001
Traditional Japanese Design: Five Tastes
Michael Dunn
NK3637.A3 E197 1989
Sho Japanese Calligraphy
Christopher J. Earnshaw
NK4860.5 J34 M5 1999
Issey Miyake: Making Things
Issey Miyake
NK4860.5.U6 K56 1996
The Kimono Inspiration: Art and Art-to-Wear in America
Edited by Rebecca A.T. Stevens
NK8884.A1 F53x 1994
Fiber Art Japan
Kiyoji Tsuji
NK8884.T75 1993
Traditional Japanese Small Motif Textile Design
Edited by Kamon Yoshimoto
NK1071.I9323 1999
Katachi: Classic Japanese Design
Takeji Iwamita
NK2084.A1 S64 1994
Japanese Style
Suzanne Slesin Page 8 of 10
Library Shelf No.
Title
Author
NK2195.S89 V36 2002
Powershop: New Japanese Retail Design
Carolien van Tilburg
PL782.E3 F74 1986
From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry
Edited & translated by Hiroaki Sato & Burton Watson
PL788.4.G4 2006
The Tale of Genji
Yoshitaka Amano
PL788.4.G415 E5 1990
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shihibu
Translated with intro. by Edward G. Seidensticker
PL674.C5 D9 1977
The Kanji ABC
Andrew Dykstra
PL676.Y67 1999
Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary
PN6790.J33 T35 2003
The Art of Inuyasha: Collection of Original Illustrations
Rumiko Takahashi
SB458.M5813 1992
Masterpieces of Japanese Garden Art (5 volumes)
Mizuno Katsuhiko
SB458.O373 2000
Japanese Gardens of the Modern Era
Haruzo Ohashi
SB317.B2 B47 2001
Bamboo in Japan
Nancy Moore Bess and Bibi Wein
SB458.B4713 2000
Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden
Francois Bertheir
TR647.M667 A4 2002
`71-NY
Daido Moriyama
TR647.T63 A4 2003
Heian: Compositions by Seiju Toda
Intro. by Vicki Goldberg
TR647.Y35 A4 1999
Iwao Yamawaki
Translations by Udo Breger
Z270.J3 I3713 1986
Japanese Book Binding
Kojiro Ikegami
DVD/Videos on Open Reserve in Library: Video
DVD
Library Shelf No.
Title
Minutes
X
BL1032.E27 2002 (part 1)
Eastern Philosophy - Part 1 (Shinto)
50
X
BL80.2.L66 1989 (v.9)
The Long Search - v.9 Buddhism: The Land of the Disappearing Buddha - Japan
52
X
BQ9449.D654 M68 1996
Mountains and Rivers: Mystical Realism of Zen Master Dogen
45
X
DS827.S3 S26 1999
Samurai Japan
47
DS827.S3 S4 2003
Secrets of the Samurai
26
X
DS835.J36 1989 (part 3)
Japan Past and Present: The Meiji Era
53
X
DS835.J36 1989 (part 4)
Japan Past and Present: The Age of the Shoguns
53
X
DS836.D5 1989
The Discovery of Japan
30
X
DS851.B82 2002
Japan Past and Present: Buddha in the Land of the Kami
53
X
DS897.K84 A53 2004
Water: The Lifeblood of Kyoto
53
DS897.K84 F68 2002 (part 1 & 4)
Four Seasons in Kyoto: Winter
47
X
X
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Video
DVD
Library Shelf No.
Title
Minutes
X
GT2912.O4 J36 1993
The Japanese Tea Ceremony
30
X
GT3412.G45 2000
Geisha
51
X
ML340.5.N343 1994
Nagauta: Heart of Kabuki Music
30
N7352.P37 2000
The Paths Dreams Take: Japanese Art from the Collection of Mary Griggs Burke and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (CD-ROM)
NA1557.T6 T6 2004
Architecture 2000: Tokyo the Eclectic Metropolis
29
The Genji Scrolls Reborn
60
Japanese Woodcut Workshop
75
NE1325.K3 G74 2006
The Great Wave
50
X
NE2480.F68
Four Stones for Kanemitsu
28
X
NE771.4.U73 1991
The Urban Bonsai
42
X
NK3637.A2 S56 1989
Shodo: The Path of Writing
30
X
NK4210.H32 S54 1996
Shoji Hamada
30
X
NK5028.T35 T35 2002
Toshiko Takaezu
28
NK8884.A1 O25 2005
Obi: The Pinnacle of Japanese Beauty
15
X
NX584.Z8 L58 1992
Living Treasures of Japan
59
X
PL788.4.C4 T34 1995
The Tale of Genji
110
The Tale of Genji
60
X X X X
X
X X
ND1059.6.G4 G45 2003 NE1323.J37 1991
PL788.4.G415 T35 2004 PN1997.D742 2003
Akira Kurosawa's Dream
120
PN1997.P54 1998
The Pillow Book
126
X
PN1997.R3652 2003
Ran (Masterworks Edition)
160
X
PN2924.5.K3 A78 2003
Art of Kabuki
36
X
PN2924.5.K3 P678 2005
Portrait of an Onnagato
30
X
SB458.D74 1992
Dream Window: Reflection on the Japanese Garden
57
X
T27.J3 J3 1991
Japan Dreaming
58
X
TS1130.J36 1994 (part 1, 2, 3)
Japanese Style Papermaking
X
45 (each)
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