DEPARTMENT OF ART
SCHOOL OF THEORETICAL AND
HISTORICAL STUDIES IN ART AND DESIGN
BA (Hons) Second Year Option for
Art and Design Students
Jonathan
Day and Michael Harrison
To
examine aspects of Japanese art, architecture and design within an historical,
geographical and cultural context.
By
the end of the module students should be able to:
1.
demonstrate a knowledge of aspects of Japanese art,
architecture and design
2.
demonstrate an understanding of a range of critical
approaches
3.
demonstrate an ability to make a presentation linking text
and image in a clear and effective manner
60
hours 6 credits
20
minute seminar presentation
[M.
Harrison]
Shinto
Shrines: Ise, Matsue, Nara, Tokyo
Buddhist
Sculpture: Horyuji, Kofokuji, Kamakara
Buddhist
Temples: Horyuji, Todaiji, Kofokuji, Nishi Hanganji
Japanese
Gardens: Ryoanji, Daisen-in, Kinkakuji, Katsura Detached Palace
The
Japanese Tea Ceremony
Traditional
Ceramics
Swords
and Armour
The
Kimono
Inro
and Netsuke
Lacquerware
The
Art of Packaging
Imitation
and Innovation: The Japanese Car Industry
Contemporary
Product Design: Cameras, Sony Walkman, Games, etc
Contemporary
Fashion: Miyake, Yamamoto, Comme des Garcons
Contemporary
Jewellery
Contemporary
[sub] cultures
Contemporary
Architecture: Tange, Kurakawa, Isozaki, Ando.
[J.
Day]
Japanese
Theatre: Noh and Kabuki
Yamato-e:
scrolls and panels
The
Buffalo Pictures: Zen and the Beautiful
Fuji:
Imaging the Sacred Earth
Ukiyo-e:
Imaging the Floating World Women
Ukiyo-e:
Imaging the Floating World Theatre
Japonisme
Kurasawa:
Combining the Worlds
Two-way
Traffic: Hollywood and the Japanese Cinema (including Disney and Studio G)
Living
with the Holocaust: Godzilla on two sides of the Pacific
Living
with the Holocaust: Akira
Life
is Beat: Takeshi Kitano (including Battle
Royale)
Living
in the Past: Princess Mononoke and the Ainu
Zen
and Virtual Reality
Picturing
the Body
Manga
S.
Addiss, How to look at Japanese Art
(New York: Abrams (1996)
F.
Baudot, Yohji Yamamoto (London:
Thames and Hudson, 1997)
L.
Benaim, Issey Miyake (London: Thames
and Hudson, 1997)
R.
Benedict, Chrysanthemum and the Sword:
Patterns of Japanese Culture (London: Routledge, 1977)
B. Bognor, The Japan Guide (New
York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1995)
F.
Berthier, Reading Zen in the Rocks
(University of Chicago Press, 2000)
T.
Clark, Ukiyo-e Paintings in the British Museum
(London: British Museum, 1992)
T.
Clark, 100 Views of Mount Fuji
(London, British Museum Press, 2001)
M.
Collcutt et al, Cultural Atlas of Japan (Oxford:
Phaidon, 1988)
L.
Dalby, (ed.) Kimono; Fashioning Culture (New
York: Vintage, 2001)
J.
Earle (ed.), Japanese Art and Design (London:
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986)
K.
Ekuan, The Aesthetics of the Japanese
Lunchbox (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1998)
S.
Evans, Contemporary Japanese Design (London:
Collins and Brown, 1991)
G.
Fahr-Becker, Japanese Prints (Koln:
Taschen, 1999)
M.
Forrer, Hokusai (Prestel Publishing,
2001)
M.
Forrer, Hiroshige (Prestel
Publishing, 2001)
S.
Fraser, Contemporary Japanese Jewellery (London:
Merrell, 2001)
F.
Grand, Comme des Garcons (London:
Thames and Hudson, 1998)
A.
Haft, The Birmingham
Album of Japanese Actor Prints (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 2001)
V.
Harris, Japanese Art Masterpieces in the
British Museum (London: British Museum, 1990)
V.
Harris, Shinto (London: British
Museum , 2001)
J.
Hutt, Understanding Far Eastern Art (London:
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987)
G.
Irvine, The Japanese Sword: the soul of
the Samurai (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2000)
T.
Kitano, Beat Takeshi Kitano (Tadeo
Press, 1999)
A.
Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography
(Vintage Books, 1983)
F.
Lloyd (ed.), Consuming Bodies: Sex and
Contemporary Japanese Art (London: Reaktion Books, 2002)
A.
Munroe, Japanese Art after 1945 (New
York: Abrams, 1994)
H.
Munsterberg, The Japanese Kimono (Oxford
University Press, 1996)
T.
Murakami, Superflat (Madra
Publishing, 2000)
K.
Nishi and K. Hozumi, What is Japanese
Architecture? (Tokyo: Hodansha International, 1985)
G.
Nitschke, From Shinto to Ando (London:
Academy Editions, 1993)
R.T.
Paine and A. Soper eds., The Art and
Architecture of Japan (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981)
P.W.
Preston, Understanding Modern Japan (London:
Sage Publications, 2000)
D.
Richie, The Image Factory: Fads and
Fashions in Japan (London: Reaktion Books, 2003)
D.
Richie, Japanese Cinema: An Introduction (1996)
D.
Richie, Tokyo: A View of the City (London:
Reaktion Books, 1999)
L.P.
Roberts, A Dictionary of Japanese
Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer, (Tokyo:
Weatherill, 1991)
C.
Rowthorne et al, eds. Japan:
From Asahi to Zen (Melbourne: Lonely Planet Publications, 2000)
F.L.
Schodt, Manga! Manga! The world of
Japanese Comics (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1998)
B.
Shelton, Learning from
the Japanese City (London: E and F.N. Spon, 1999)
P.
Sparke, Japanese Design (London:
Joseph, 1987)
J.
Stanley_Baker, ed. Japanese Art (London:
Thames and Hudson, 2000)
C.
Tadgell, Japan: the
informal contained (London: Ellipsis, 2000)
N.
Tajima, Tokyo: a guide to recent
architecture (London: Ellipsis, 2000)
R.S.
Thornton, Japanese Graphic Design (London:
Lawrence King, 1991)
S.
Wichman, Japonisme (London: Thames
and Hudson, 1981)
J.
Zukowsky, Japan 2000 (Munich:
Prestel, 1998)
The
above list is intended to aid students in their identification of an area of
focus. Area specific bibliographies assist them with the preparation of seminar
papers.