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Nature is incredibly important to Japanese culture and it can be best seen and expressed through their prints and their ink paintings.
Many Japanese art and crafts have decoration or shapes based on the natural world, reflecting the Shinto belief in the importance of the seasonal succession of seed time and harvest. Buddhism too teaches that people should try to achieve harmony with nature. Artists in Japan created meditations on the fleeting seasons of life and, through them, expressed essential truths about the nature of human experience. Japanese painters expressed not only their fondness for the natural cycle of the seasons but also captured an awareness of the inevitability of change, a fundamental Buddhist concept. Japanese artists of the Edo Period used their art to show a deep appreciation for the grace and beauty of birds and other subjects in nature. During this time, painting styles began to provide a sense of movement and a scenic perspective from the bird's view. The depiction of the seasonal shifts was also important to "Shinto" Japan's native belief system. |
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Assignment # 1
Copy and paste an example of each season from the prints below (or find your own on the internet) into your google slides. Place the 4 seasons on one slide. In the comments section on that slide, copy and paste the questions below and answer them in complete sentences about the 4 Japanese prints.
Copy and paste an example of each season from the prints below (or find your own on the internet) into your google slides. Place the 4 seasons on one slide. In the comments section on that slide, copy and paste the questions below and answer them in complete sentences about the 4 Japanese prints.
- What do the prints look like? Describe them. (Talk about their formal qualities- color, value, scale, composition etc)
- What do they all have in common?
- What is different about each one?
- How can you tell which print is representing what season?
- By representing changing seasons, what comment about human life do you think is being made by the artists?
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Assignment # 2
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Seasonal Flowers and Birds in Japanese Art:
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You are to create your own Japanese inspired illustration of a bird in a particular season using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. It must include the following:
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I have included some screenshots in the pdf below of some points I feel can best help you approach this project.
- Find and image of whatever tree branch you are going to use for your illustration. Place that file into Adobe Illustrator and use the pencil tool to draw. Don't forget to adjust stroke sizes and stroke styles.
- Apply a gradient to the stroke.
- Find an image of the flower/ bird you are going to use and place it in the file. (Keep these things on separate layers) Draw it with the pen or pencil tool. COMPLETE SHAPES!! So you can apply fills or gradients.
| japanese_seasonal_illustration.pdf |
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Assignment # 3:
Reflection Questions When you are done with your project, and it is in your google portfolio for grading, answer the following questions in the comment section underneath your slide:
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