WEEK 13: Japan / France

Complete readings and video viewing assignments BEFORE class

Readings/Video

  1. Department of Asian Art. “Woodblock Prints in the Ukiyo-e Style.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–, retrieved from: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ukiy/hd_ukiy.htm (October 2003)
  2. Leila Anne Harris, “Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave),” in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, retrieved from: https://smarthistory.org/hokusai-under-the-wave-off-kanagawa-the-great-wave/.
  3. Dr. Tom Folland, “Édouard Manet, Olympia,” in Smarthistory, December 9, 2015, retrieved from: https://smarthistory.org/edouard-manet-olympia/.
  4. Dr. Tyler E. Ostergaard, “Monet, The Gare Saint-Lazare,” in Smarthistory, February 25, 2016, retrieved from: https://smarthistory.org/monet-the-gare-saint-lazare/.
  5. Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, “Auguste Renoir, Moulin de la Galette,” in Smarthistory, November 27, 2015, retrieved from: https://smarthistory.org/auguste-renoir-moulin-de-la-galette/.

Handout

  • Worksheet on Ukiyo-e and French Impressionism

Readings/Video

  1. Samu, Margaret. “Impressionism: Art and Modernity.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/imml/hd_imml.htm (October 2004)
  2. Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, “Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884,” in Smarthistory, December 4, 2015, retrieved from: https://smarthistory.org/georges-seurat-a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884/.
  3. Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, “Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon (or Jacob Wrestling with the Angel),” in Smarthistory, December 11, 2015, retrieved from: https://smarthistory.org/paul-gauguin-vision-after-the-sermon-or-jacob-wrestling-with-the-angel/.
  4. Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, “Paul Cézanne, The Basket of Apples,” in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, retrieved from: https://smarthistory.org/cezanne-the-basket-of-apples/.
  5. Dr. Noelle Paulson, “Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night,” in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, retrieved from: https://smarthistory.org/van-gogh-the-starry-night/.