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The work shown here is executed in the medium of .
a woodblock print
watercolor painting
etching
stone carving
Explanation
Under the Wave off Kanagawa is perhaps the most well-known Japanese woodblock print, from one of the form’s masters, Katsushika Hokusai. Japanese woodblock printing was produced by carefully carving an image onto a fine grained piece of wood, then applying ink to the block of wood and stamping the block onto a piece of paper. This allowed for works of art to be copied onto multiple pieces of paper and distributed quite widely.
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The work shown here is executed in the medium of .
a woodblock print
watercolor painting
etching
stone carving
Explanation
Under the Wave off Kanagawa is perhaps the most well-known Japanese woodblock print, from one of the form’s masters, Katsushika Hokusai. Japanese woodblock printing was produced by carefully carving an image onto a fine grained piece of wood, then applying ink to the block of wood and stamping the block onto a piece of paper. This allowed for works of art to be copied onto multiple pieces of paper and distributed quite widely.
Image accessed through Wikipedia Media Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katsushika\_Hokusai,\_published\_by\_Nishimuraya\_Yohachi\_(Eijudō)\_-\_Under\_the\_Wave\_off\_Kanagawa\_(Kanagawa-oki\_nami-ura),\_also\_known\_as\_the\_Great\_Wave,\_from\_the\_series\_T...\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg
Based on style and composition, this work was created in .
Japan
China
Korea
India
Explanation
This work, Kanagawa oki nama ura (Under the Wave off Kanagawa) by Katsushika Hokusai, is a classic of the Japanese woodblock printing tradition. Crafted for replication, Hokusai’s work is from a series known as Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which showed the iconic Japanese mountain from a variety of perspectives and in different conditions. The sharp lines and highly structured formal representation are characteristic of Japanese art in general and the ukiyo-e style in particular.
Image accessed through Wikipedia Media Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katsushika\_Hokusai,\_published\_by\_Nishimuraya\_Yohachi\_(Eijudō)\_-\_Under\_the\_Wave\_off\_Kanagawa\_(Kanagawa-oki\_nami-ura),\_also\_known\_as\_the\_Great\_Wave,\_from\_the\_series\_T...\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg
Based on style and composition, this work was created in .
Japan
China
Korea
India
Explanation
This work, Kanagawa oki nama ura (Under the Wave off Kanagawa) by Katsushika Hokusai, is a classic of the Japanese woodblock printing tradition. Crafted for replication, Hokusai’s work is from a series known as Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which showed the iconic Japanese mountain from a variety of perspectives and in different conditions. The sharp lines and highly structured formal representation are characteristic of Japanese art in general and the ukiyo-e style in particular.
Image accessed through Wikipedia Media Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katsushika\_Hokusai,\_published\_by\_Nishimuraya\_Yohachi\_(Eijudō)\_-\_Under\_the\_Wave\_off\_Kanagawa\_(Kanagawa-oki\_nami-ura),\_also\_known\_as\_the\_Great\_Wave,\_from\_the\_series\_T...\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg
Paintings like Takahashi Yuichi’s Oiran characterize the culturally mixed nature of the early Meiji period in which of the following ways?
It represents a woman whose role is part of a traditional Japanese cultural institution, but it demonstrates a more veristic, Western style of portraiture than is typical in traditional Japanese art.
It represents a high class courtesan.
It portrays the woman’s features in the idealizing manner typical of ukiyo-e artists.
The textiles and garments are rendered in a near-abstract manner.
It does not demonstrate the free, sweeping brushstrokes typical of Japanese ink paintings.
Explanation
Oiran highlights the cultural foment of the early Meiji period. Created to evoke nostalgia for vanishing elements of Japanese culture, the painting's subject matter of a grand courtesan is typical of traditional Ukiyo-e printmaking. It is unique, however, in that it does not represent the courtesan's features in the idealizing manner of ukiyo-e artists, but rather in the more analytical manner of Western portraiture.
Paintings like Takahashi Yuichi’s Oiran characterize the culturally mixed nature of the early Meiji period in which of the following ways?
It represents a woman whose role is part of a traditional Japanese cultural institution, but it demonstrates a more veristic, Western style of portraiture than is typical in traditional Japanese art.
It represents a high class courtesan.
It portrays the woman’s features in the idealizing manner typical of ukiyo-e artists.
The textiles and garments are rendered in a near-abstract manner.
It does not demonstrate the free, sweeping brushstrokes typical of Japanese ink paintings.
Explanation
Oiran highlights the cultural foment of the early Meiji period. Created to evoke nostalgia for vanishing elements of Japanese culture, the painting's subject matter of a grand courtesan is typical of traditional Ukiyo-e printmaking. It is unique, however, in that it does not represent the courtesan's features in the idealizing manner of ukiyo-e artists, but rather in the more analytical manner of Western portraiture.
The Burning of the Sanjo Palace is a thirteenth-century handscroll from .
Japan
Korea
China
Vietnam
Explanation
The Burning of the Sanjo Palace is one of the more famous and most representative works of classical Japanese art. This handscroll painting, done about one hundred years after the event it depicts, features swift brushstrokes to emphasize movement, has a strong use of diagonals, and presents largely undifferentiated figures. All of these are classic hallmarks of Japanese handscroll painting from the Kamakura period.
White and Red Plum Blossoms, by Ogata Kōrin, is notable among Japanese art for its use of .
gold leaf
gemstones
watercolor
oil paint
Explanation
Instead of painting in golden hued paint on the screen in his White and Red Plum Blossoms, Ogata Kōrin inlays actual gold leaf onto his work of art, having the gold dominate the work of art. This use of non-paint or ink materials in creating screens was a signature element of the Rinpa school, who also utilized items such as mother of pearl, although gold leaf was by far the most frequent material included in Rinpa school work.
Artwork from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ogata\_Korin\_-\_RED\_AND\_WHITE\_PLUM\_BLOSSOMS\_(National\_Treasure)\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg
The Burning of the Sanjo Palace is a thirteenth-century handscroll from .
Japan
Korea
China
Vietnam
Explanation
The Burning of the Sanjo Palace is one of the more famous and most representative works of classical Japanese art. This handscroll painting, done about one hundred years after the event it depicts, features swift brushstrokes to emphasize movement, has a strong use of diagonals, and presents largely undifferentiated figures. All of these are classic hallmarks of Japanese handscroll painting from the Kamakura period.
White and Red Plum Blossoms, by Ogata Kōrin, is notable among Japanese art for its use of .
gold leaf
gemstones
watercolor
oil paint
Explanation
Instead of painting in golden hued paint on the screen in his White and Red Plum Blossoms, Ogata Kōrin inlays actual gold leaf onto his work of art, having the gold dominate the work of art. This use of non-paint or ink materials in creating screens was a signature element of the Rinpa school, who also utilized items such as mother of pearl, although gold leaf was by far the most frequent material included in Rinpa school work.
Artwork from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ogata\_Korin\_-\_RED\_AND\_WHITE\_PLUM\_BLOSSOMS\_(National\_Treasure)\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg