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	Art and architecture of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Japanese art and architecture, works of art produced in Japan from the beginnings of human habitation there, sometime in the 10th millennium BC, to the present.
		The earliest complex art in Japan was produced in the 7th and 8th centuries AD in connection with Buddhism.
		The school of art best known in the West is that of the Ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints of the demimonde, the world of the kabuki theater and the brothel district.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/a/ar/art_and_architecture_of_japan.html (3834 words)

	Japanese art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first settlers of Japan, the Jōmon people (c 11000–c 300 BC), named for the cord markings that decorated the surfaces of their clay vessels, were nomadic hunter-gatherers who later practiced organized farming and built cities with population of hundreds if not thousands.
		The performing arts, however, were generally held in less esteem, and the purported immorality of actresses of the early Kabuki theater caused the Tokugawa government to bar women from the stage; female roles in Kabuki and Noh thereafter were played by men.
		Arts patronage and promotion by the government are broadened to include a new cooperative effort with corporate Japan to provide funding beyond the tight budget of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Art_and_architecture_of_Japan (6336 words)

	Chronology of Japan's Fine Atrs
		Art during the ninth century was dominated by esoteric Buddhism, whose complex cosmology was depicted in mandalas.
		One of the architectural masterpieces of the latter period is the Phoenix Hall of Byodoin temple, which presents an image of a Buddhist paradise based on the teachings of the Jodo sect.
		Domestic architecture during the Muromachi period witnessed the perfection of the shoin-zukuri style, which is the precursor of the style of the present-day Japanese house with tatami mats covering floors.
	www.kanzaki.com /jinfo/jart-fine.html (1494 words)

	ART AND ARCHITECTURE, Japan Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		These qualities pervade the visual arts of Japan but are also reflected in aspects of the performing arts where the actor's craft, costume and make-up combine with the stage setting to unique dramatic effect.
		Japan's medieval age began in 1185 with the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate.
		It is in the area of the folk crafts that Japan has maintained a distinctive tradition and one that delights in the simplicity and utilitarian aspects of ordinary everyday objects.
	www.infohub.com /Destinations/Asia/Japan/70672.htm (714 words)

	Art & Design Northern Michigan University - Art History Courses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The art and architecture of Japan and the West of past centuries will provide the background for studying the current cultural interchange that enriches both Eastern and Western society.
		Survey of the visual arts and built environment in the Western world from the second half of the 19th century through the present decade.
		The conceptual basis of the arts and their place in society is examined within an historical framework.
	art.nmu.edu:16080 /department/art_history_course.html (336 words)

	International style (architecture) - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		International style was a major architectural trend in the 1920s and 1930s and is considered the most minimal form of modernism.
		In that same year, the International Exhibition of Modern Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City spread the ideals of the style, making it one of the dominant architectural movements of the mid-20th Century.
		The most commonly used materials are glass for the facade, steel for exterior support, and concrete for the floors and interior supports; floor plans were functional and logical.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /international_style_(architecture).htm (393 words)

	Paragon Book Gallery \| Browse Subjects \| Japan - Architecture
		Japan's new architecture is secure in its aims and in its traditions that the Japanese themselves can consider it not as a foreign importation but, simply, as the reawakening of their country's own indigenous architecture.
		Herein is found the face of a new Japanese architecture that has smoothly evolved in the midst of the Modern century with a firm basis in Japanese traditional wooden and Sukiya architectural style.
		Japanese architecture stresses the isolation of the archipelago from 1636, when the Tokugawa government decided on a policy of exclusion of freign influences, until the latter part of the 19th century; this encouraged the development, evolving over 5,000 years of Japanese history and culture, of traditions, styles and ways of thought which are uniquely Japanese.
	www.paragonbook.com /html/browsesubj/browse.cfm?regionid=8&subjectid=2&print=yes&RequestTimeOut=3600 (5217 words)

	Visual Arts - What's Been Published - Alphabetically by Title Beginning: T
		The art and architecture of the Indian subcontinent
		The art of ancient Egypt : a portfolio : masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum.
		The art of ancient Egypt [translated and adapted from the French by Norbert Guterman].
	www.pitbossannie.com /ti-n-t-page04.html (846 words)

	MSN Encarta - Further Reading - Japanese Art and Architecture
		The Art of Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks, 1600-1925.
		Catalog of a large exhibition on the ancient art of Japan.
		Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art.
	encarta.msn.com /readings_761577854/Japanese_Art_and_Architecture.html (224 words)

	Global Architecture Encyclopedia - Glass Steel and Stone
		In a capital bristling with historic significant stone architecture, the use of this glass and steel orb as the seat of city government may seem strange, but the reason is simple -- London didn't have...
		The pinnacle of gothic religious architecture in France isn't in Pairs; it's in the town of Amiens.
		It is a collection of architecture that while thoroughly modern, is still able to impart the importance and statur...
	www.glasssteelandstone.com (377 words)

	Art & Architecture : Volume II: The Art - Japan (Text)
		It is this later and baser art, in all its branches, which the collectors now assert to have in it nothing which can appeal either to our eyes or to our imagination.
		The entrance to these galleries, opening out of the great West Court of the Fine Arts Building, is flanked and adorned with examples of the wide-ranging art of sculpture, figures in wood, in ivory, in bronze, and great bronze reliefs in which the national art perhaps finds its most characteristic development.
		Even more admirably representative of the true genius of this art, it seems to us, are such paintings as the two here illustrated, the fight between a kite and a crow, by Kishi Chikdo, and the monkey fleeing from an eagle, by Keinen Imao.
	columbus.gl.iit.edu /artarch/japan.html (1145 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Art of Japan
		Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1986.
		Enlightenment Embodied: The Art of the Japanese Buddhist Sculptor (7th-14th centuries).
		Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
	www.si.edu /resource/faq/freersac/japanart.htm (665 words)

	Japanese Architecture
		Japanese houses have thin walls because of the mild climate and overlapping, slanted, and slightly curved roofs because of the fact that there is plenty of rain especially during early summer.
		When Japan opened herself to the rest of the world around the year 1868, Western architecture began to displace traditional Japanese architecture.
		An Overview of Japanese Ritural Architecture from the Kofun to Momoyama Periods.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2111.html (172 words)

	Art Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A study of the issues current in the field dealing specifically with objects and artifacts that express cultural concepts in visual form and the built environment from precontact times to the present.
		Concurrent enrollment in a 300-level studio course is possible only with the advisor’s consent, since a passing grade in AD 203 is generally considered a requirement for enrollment in the department’s upper division.
		Students are expected to develop resumes, statements about their intent with an emphasis on the social, visual and ideological aspects of the visual arts, color transparencies of work, and a professional portfolio presentation.
	www.nmu.edu /education/stateunitreview/art/courses/coursemain.HTM (827 words)

	Japanese Art \| Works Created in Japan \| Questia.com Online Library
		On the Laws of Japanese Painting: An Introduction to the Study of the Art of Japan
		Japanese art history 2001: The state and stakes of...some straight talk about the field of Japanese art history as it has taken shape in North...interrogate the state, and...
		Japan 1868-1945: Art, Architecture, and National Identity, in Art Journal
	www.questia.com /library/art-and-architecture/art-of-specific-countries-and-peoples/japanese-art.jsp (655 words)

	Art/Architecture
		Middle School Art Page - (5 - 8) - this school Web site from Westmount Middle School is well-organized and offers the classroom teacher a wealth of lessons and art resources to expand the art curriculum.
		Art Institute of Chicago Lessons - (K - 12) - five lessons created by the Art Institute of Chicago to go along with visits to the museum but can be used with photos of the works or with other similar pictures.
		ICAF employs the arts as a dynamic channel to nurture children's creativity, as a language-independent medium to connect children around the world, and as a powerful catalyst for peace building.
	members.shaw.ca /dbrear/artarchitecture.html (1989 words)

	107-266 Zen and Manga: The Art of Japan
		This subject provides knowledge of the major artistic currents in the art and architecture of Japan through an analysis of key examples from different historical periods from Neolithic time until the present.
		Students should gain familiarity with specific styles, themes and the art forms that were inspired by the major religions of Buddhism and Shinto.
		There will also be the opportunity to explore issues such as the relationship between art and patronage, art and belief, art and materials.
	www.unimelb.edu.au /HB/subjects/107-266.html (388 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Art, Architecture & Photography
		A veteran observer of the New York art scene, Jed Perl has produced a breathtakingly broad view of the art world from the 1940s through the 1970s.
		Perl's trademark sureness of touch as he fills in the background of the period is matched by his passion for great art.
		Discovered only 65 years ago in southwest France, the cave paintings of Lascaux are the most glorious and fascinating examples of prehistoric art we have.
	www.book.com /subjects/art/art_cds2.asp?PID=916&userid=293JRGTO1U (248 words)

	Powell's Books - Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750 (Pelican History of Art) by Rudolf Wittkower
		Art and Architecture in Italy 1600 17 3 Volumes
		Art and Architecture of Japan: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art
		Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750 (Pelican History of Art)
	www.powells.com /biblio?isbn=0300079397 (185 words)

	AllRefer.com - Japanese architecture (Architecture) - Encyclopedia
		Japanese architecture, structures created on the islands that constitute Japan.
		Evidence of prehistoric architecture in Japan has survived in the form of models of terra-cotta houses buried in tombs and by remains of pit houses of the Jomon, the neolithic people of Japan.
		• Literature and the Arts > Art and Architecture
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/Japan-arc.html (153 words)

	Art, Architecture, & Fashion History / SAC Library & Media Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Includes an architectural tour of the art museum; 200 video clips related to artists, conservation, special exhibits, and artworks; a library catalog of 800,000 entries; and Explore Art, consisting of 3,300 images, 1,500 artist biographies, and 1,500 definitions.
		Each work of art is presented in an expandable thumbnail view, accompanied by basic information on the object, its provenance, and related links.
		The Tate is the national collection of British art since 1500, and of international modern art.
	www.accd.edu /sac/lrc/librns/celita/art.htm (2963 words)

	J-E Berger Foundation: World Art Treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		If one compares the scale of dimensions in any photograph of a gathering of people perhaps even a congress of philosophers with Raphael's School of Athens, one finds that the photograph shows a crowd of indeterminate beings in an equally indeterminate setting.
		Take, for instance, the interval between the first and the second arch on the central axis, which is exactly the same height as Plato.
		Indeed, the nature of the objects has nothing to do with proportions: the relative and respective dimensions of the.forms within the work as a whole are what malter.
	www.bergerfoundation.ch (439 words)

	History of Art & Architecture
		Aegean Art and Architecture (Oxford History of Art S.).
		Early Mediaeval Art (History of Art and Architecture S.).
		The Art and Architecture of Japan (Pelican History of Art).
	www.growinglifestyle.co.uk /uk/j122883 (178 words)

	[No title]
		Description: This course surveys the arts of Japan from the prehistoric period to the present day.
		The primary focus is on Japanese painting, sculpture, and architecture of the pre-modern period, although the critical role of calligraphy, garden design, ceramics, and prints will also be explored.
		The Web site, part of a larger initiative to build digital resources for Asian Art, provides students with approximately 350 images of Japanese art and architecture covering the major monuments discussed in class.
	www.learn.columbia.edu /mcah2/html/mcah_projects_list_japan.html (146 words)

	Japanese Art and Architecture Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Art and Architecture of Japan (Pelican History of Art) ~
		The Arts of Japan: Ancient and Medieval Vol 1 ~
		The Confusion Era: Art and Culture of Japan During the Allied Occupation, 1945-1952 (Asian Art and Culture) ~
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Towers/9151/books/artbooks.html (1192 words)

	Japan; Its Architecture, Art, and Art Manufacturers; Christopher Dresser
		The author of this work, an architect and ornamentalist by profession with a solid knowledge of manufacturing, went to Japan after the Meiji Restoration to observe what an ordinary traveller would not notice.
		The result is an absorbing and informative work on all aspects of building and the decorative arts for which we shall be always in his debt.
		Christopher Dresser is a specialist on architecture and ornament.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/cup/catalog/data/071030/0710306865.HTM (101 words)

	Japanese Art & Architecture: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
		A National Gallery of Art Teaching Program, "developed in conjunction with the exhibition Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868, [and providing] an overview of art and culture in the city of Edo"
		Pictures with captions from the "open-air museum for preserving and exhibiting Japanese architecture of the Meiji period"
		Japan's first national art museum, "devoted to the collection and preservation of art works and related reference materials of the 20th century in Japan and other parts of the world"
	newton.uor.edu /Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/japan-art.html (994 words)

	JAPAN BOOKSTORE: Architecture Aisle
		But there are subtle resonances between the use of space (ma), water, material and air that can tell as much about Japanese culture as a story or a song.
		Architecture and Authority in Japan (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series) by William H. Coaldrake Hardcover
		Wright was an avid and important collector and dealer of Asian art.
	www.ohayosensei.com /books/arch.html (528 words)

	Graham Cooper, Environmental Artist, Art and Architecture, Space related Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		locates art in the context of the architecture and landscape
		Art Media in Context - Artscape Japan Now showing at the Architecture Centre Bristol.
		Nature of Healing Arts Exhibition to be shown at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
	www.coopergraham.supanet.com (86 words)

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