Japan influencing western modernism
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December 19, 2010 at 8:44 am #25568
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GuestThe Japanese do have very unique architecture and I admire this very much. The United States has not been around long enough to have an influence on world design, having copied designs from other countries.
December 29, 2010 at 1:54 pm #25569GuestWhen looking deeper into the influence of Japan, it is also important to identify the influences of mainland Asian cultures on the unique Japanese style.
December 31, 2010 at 3:42 am #25570GuestI am a huge fan of architecture too, and I love bringing in evidence for my students. I really like using the zen garden website found here:http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens/gardens/byodo-in/byodo-in.html
And just ask students to write observations. And then talk about where they have seen similar architecture. And for a field trip you could go to the zen garden on the campus of Cal State Long Beach!
January 7, 2011 at 12:15 am #25571Guesti like the idea of writing obvservations...
perhaps exposing the students to Asian architecture would be a great way for them to practice writing using imagery.
I just taught kinesthetic, visual, tactile and auditory imagery. I intend to take the suggestion below and have my students write about architecture.
(I realize this should have been in the teaching about Asia in my classroom forum - oops!)eisler wrote:
I am a huge fan of architecture too, and I love bringing in evidence for my students. I really like using the zen garden website found here:http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens/gardens/byodo-in/byodo-in.htmlAnd just ask students to write observations. And then talk about where they have seen similar architecture. And for a field trip you could go to the zen garden on the campus of Cal State Long Beach!
January 7, 2011 at 4:00 pm #25572GuestThank you for your comments about Japan's influence on modernism. It seems that their way of viewing nature and also architecture is kind of minimalist, or at least cleaner and neater. I really enjoyed learning from one of our teachers how Asian art often emphasizes nature, and makes humans much smaller than the nature portrayed in their art.
January 8, 2011 at 9:29 am #25573GuestI noticed a Chinese horseshoe chair made of rattan today in the Pacific Asia Museum. I've never cared much for rattan furniture, but it is still very common and often sought after by modern enthusiasts. The chair may have been from the Ming dynasty (?), I'm not sure. However, it really looked like something people would go out and buy now. It's really amazing to see how well their art in terms of furniture, architecture and ceramics has stood the test of time. So much that was created hundreds of years ago, still looks like items people can go out and buy now. I really think this would be a great research project for students. Perhaps they can trace how Asian arts have continued to influence our society and lifestyles.
dmagana wrote:
i like the idea of writing obvservations...
perhaps exposing the students to Asian architecture would be a great way for them to practice writing using imagery.
I just taught kinesthetic, visual, tactile and auditory imagery. I intend to take the suggestion below and have my students write about architecture.
(I realize this should have been in the teaching about Asia in my classroom forum - oops!)eisler wrote:
I am a huge fan of architecture too, and I love bringing in evidence for my students. I really like using the zen garden website found here:http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens/gardens/byodo-in/byodo-in.htmlAnd just ask students to write observations. And then talk about where they have seen similar architecture. And for a field trip you could go to the zen garden on the campus of Cal State Long Beach!
January 24, 2011 at 11:39 am #25574GuestIm not much into architecture, but I did decide to look more at Japanese influences in todays work. To my suprise, not only Japanese, but there is alot of Asian influence in furniture, did not even realize that some of the chairs I have at my house have asian influences to them. Thanks for this.
February 4, 2011 at 12:36 pm #4385Rob_Hugo@PortNW
KeymasterI've admired great architecture and craftsmanship particularly dealing with furniture for quite some time.
Much of what may be considered modern in terms of furniture design has come out of the Scandinavian part of the world. Every now and then I'd come across a great Japanese piece and wonder what sort of influence it has had on modernism. Especially in terms of the design typically having such clean lines and fairly uniformed shapes. To me the Japanese pieces always stood out as incredibly unique, due to their often, lack of strict form, clean lines, etc....
After having seen some of the artwork in this class and researching my curiosity, I have found that many of the well known artists in Europe were influenced by a movement called Japonism. I had never heard of this before. The influence comes from the off center arrangements with littler perspective. This is often seen on Japanese woodblock paintings. If anybody would like to check out an artist that did a great job of combining both western and Japanese modern aesthetic (via sculpture), check out Isamu Noguchi. He really created some phenomenal work.February 4, 2011 at 12:36 pm #25575Guesteisler thank you for sharing the website. I agree that using the images or planning a field trip to a Japanese Garden would be a great subject to write about. For me, Descanso Gardens would be a great option. They have a beautiful Japanese Garden. Also, the Brand Library in Glendale has a great Japanese Garden nearby.
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