Visual Traditions of Japan Class Review

Hi Everyone,

As some of you may have read earlier in my blog in the month of April I attended an art history class at the Carnegie Museum. And I wanted to share with you my opinion of how the class was.

In just four classes we went from the Jomon period (prehistoric art) all the way to the Meiji restoration. I honestly really did enjoy this class although I did feel like I was the youngest person there which is kind of funny since I'm 28.

The instructor was Rachel Miller, she did a nice job at explaining architecture and the pieces of art we were seeing and trying to get us to understand the historical context of why and how it was made.
At times my dad and I felt there was way too much Buddha artwork and statues but I did like seeing them and being able to learn the difference between the Buddha artwork from India and Japan.

My personal favorite was the Edo period with all the prints, Ukiyo-e is a favorite of mine. Carnegie Museum has quite a few Ukiyo-e prints but the instructor said they seldom get shown because the art work is on paper and since paper yellows and deteriorates over time they want to limit the exposure it gets. Carnegie Museum did have an exhibit for them a few years ago which I sadly missed.

All in all I would take the class again and hope that one day they'll have more Japanese classes there.

If you're interested I know that Rachel Miller will be teaching an art history class later this year on Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic art in India if any one is interested, here's the link  www.coma.org-art history class  From what I can see it started last week, I apologize for not letting you know sooner. Though I think she will probably do some more classes in the fall if I understood her correctly.

Below are some pictures for reference of what I learned about.
Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend and I hope to get another recipe out soon for you guys!

Jomon Period

Ise Shrine

Ukiyo-e print from the Edo Period

Meiji Restoration

Visual Traditions of Japan Class

Hi Everyone!

So this morning my dad called me from work asking me if I wanted to take a class at the Carnegie Museum. I was um.....asleep at the time and he kept going on about how if I wasn't interested we didn't have to go...and he repeated the words "Japanese Art" a few times.

Finally it clicked and nerdy me went "YES!"

So I'll be going to an art history class for the next four Saturdays, so excited ^_^

The class is examining the art from Japan's prehistoric period to the 20th century and seeing how the Japanese took foreign artistic elements and adapted it to create work that is uniquely Japanese.

I hope I explained that well...

There are 2 sets of classes, there are ones on Saturdays starting April 2nd and ending April 23rd, then there are Wednesday classes starting April 6th ending April 27th.

It's $80 for an adult, $50 for students, and if you're a member at the museum it's $64.
When I tried to get us enrolled it wouldn't allow us to pay for the admission, my mom then tried and the same issue occurred. Every time we entered our credit card information it would give the error "please check your address and verify that it matches with your provider" something like that and we'd check to make sure the address was fine, it was then we'd get the error again.

Mom was the hero and called the museum where they processed the payment over the phone and sent us a receipt by email. So if you do wish to enroll if you get a similar error they are able to do the enrollment over the phone.


So excited! I'll share how the first class went this weekend ^_^

If you'd like to enroll I've provided the link below:
http://www.cmoa.org/CalendarEvent.aspx?eid=26909&cat=All