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Foreign Art Research Paper
Pages:2 (740 words)
Subject:Arts
Topic:19th Century Art
Document Type:Research Paper
Document:#10405279
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India:
Unknown artist. Unknown date. This is a painting of Vedic art, depicting Krishna eating lunch with his friends. It was commissioned for an Indian monastery. Culturally, this form of art depicts a story from the life of Krishna. Krishna is usually depicted as an adult, so this is somewhat unusual, but in this case as a child from folklore. The story would probably be well-known to the audience at the monastery.
http://dominiqueamendola.com/painting/krishna-eats-lunch-his-friends-oil-painting-figures-painting-indian-vedic-art-classical-rea
Artist: Rabi Behera. Date: Unknown. This is a modern interpretation of folk art from Orissa, depicting Hanuman as Eleventh Rudra. Hanuman here has five heads. In this incarnation, Hanuman battles Ravana, an antagonist in the Ramayana who sought to overpower the gods. This story is well-known as part of the Indian national epic the Ramayana.
Source: http://www.exoticindiaart.com/product/paintings/five-headed-hanuman-as-eleventh-rudra-PP88/
Korea:
Artist: Unknown Date: 18th century
This landscape is traditional in Korean art. Nature is considered sacred in Korean culture, and therefore landscapes are/were very popular in Korea. The sacredness of nature was relevant to humankind because being in nature was a way for people to improve their spirituality. It was culturally important, then, for people to depict nature and art and there would have been a strong market for paintings like this in 18th-century Korea.
Source: http://asiasociety.org/countries/traditions/religious-influence-korean-art
Artist: Unknown. Date: 19th century
This panel is titled Ten symbols of longevity, which lends context to the Korean love of nature in art. Rather than a traditional landscape, this piece showcases symbols of longevity, which have strong meaning in Korean culture. This type of art would have been in people's homes, for example, perhaps commissioned as a gift. The good tidings not only include longevity signs, but also love/marriage symbolism as well.
Source: http://www.theartwolf.com/exhibitions/korean-dreams-australia.htm
China
Artist: Fu Baoshi
Date: 1950
This classical landscape highlights the reverence for nature, which has strong spirituality in Chinese culture. The people are central, but small, highlighting that man is part of nature, but also dwarfed by it. That this is a winter or autumn scene does nothing to diminish the beauty of nature, providing a sense of nature's power.
Source: http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2F7junipers.com%2Flog%2Fcategory%2Fregions%2Fchina%2Fpage%2F2%2F&h=0&w=0&tbnid=ZGybUevNrwi6-M&tbnh=203&tbnw=248&zoom=1&docid=ugQfi9lvrkHToM&ei=iFMfU6GKBc6JogTwzYKIBA&ved=0CAIQsCUoAA
Artist: Unknown Date: 1967
This is a different take on Chinese art, a propaganda poster. The art is rich in Communist iconography, which…
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Date: 1849
This is a playbill from a kabuki show in 1849. So the art itself illustrates a scene from the play. The art still has the straight lines common in Japanese art, but certainly looks more cluttered than the finest classical art from that period, because this is not something that would have been done by a top artist for display.
I think friends back home will find these to be fairly classical images. None of these would really surprise, I do not think. Art from these countries has tended to focus on the same themes, at least until the mid-20th century, and these images reflect that. As these societies have evolved with industrialization, their art has become a lot more varied, if nothing else.
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