Admission requirements
Students are expected to have successfully completed a BA2 Japanese Studies Focus course in art history, literature/film, or pre-modern history. Otherwise please consult instructor.
Description
The course investigates the concept of “artist” in Japan from epistemological, historical and practical perspective. As the course features the painting workshop conducted by Japanese traditional-style painter Prof. Saitō Norihiko, where students can try their hand in creation of “art objects”, it also gives an exceptional opportunity to experience the processes of artistic creation. The course addresses the issue of multiplicity of practices associated with visual culture production in pre-modern Japan, the birth of an “artist” as a creator of “high art” in modern times and postmodern “art celebrity”. It explores the dynamics of production, consumption and evaluation of art in Japan.
Course Objectives
Student will develop:
1. an understanding of the role of socio-political context in the development of art, as opposed to the concept of so-called “universal art”.
2. an ability to critically read, assess, present and discuss academic texts related to the field.
3. theoretical and critical skills necessary for the development of independent research leading to the presentation of final thesis.
Timetable
See course schedule
Mode of instruction
Seminar (werkgroep) with lecture elements.
Assessment method
Participation element (participation in class, oral presentation): 30%
Review element (literature review): 20%
Research element (research essay): 30%
Summative element (exam and/or postings): 20%
Reading list
To follow. Reader.
Registration
Exchange and Study Abroad students, please see the Study in Leiden website for information on how to apply.