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Constellations: HAA 2601 Special Topics Japanese - Japanese Landscape Painting
The course is designed to investigate landscape traditions in Japan from their beginnings in pre-history to their florescence in the Edo period (1603-1867). We will examine native yamato-e conventions, as well as various styles imported and adapted from China. Other topics of interest will be the relationship of landscapes to gardens and to architecture and the symbolic and religious meanings of landscape in Japanese culture.