Ukiyo-e Prints Course | Exhibition Catalogs
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"Earthly Pleasures or, broader, nature’s riches and man, is a topic for an exhibition project of the ukiyo-e prints curatorial course taught at RISD in the Fall Semester of 2015. When deciding on this subject matter we were curious to see how the urban art of ukiyo-e with its focus on figurative representation of celebrities dealt with the nature theme, essential for Japanese culture and all-pervading in Japanese classical visual arts and literature. Did ukiyo-e artists include images of nature in their compositions? If yes, then who, when and how? It is with this quest in mind that a selection of thirteen prints from the collection of the RISD Museum has been made. ..." -- Foreword, Earthly Pleasures: Bounty in Ukiyo-e Prints
Contributing Authors
Zashary Caro, Sabrina Catlett, Daniel Chae, Boong Chamnanratanakul, Erika Chang, Jamie Chen, Jolene Dosa, Megan Farrell, Saskia Fleishman, Rachel Hahn, Serena Hong, Minkyung Kim, Do Yun Kwak, Yuri Lee, Laura Lin, Nandi Lu, Shanaiya Maloo, Minty Pitaksuteephong, Tim Rooney, Isabelle Rose, Caitlyn Sit, Jessica Song, Alyssa Spytman, Juan Tang Hon, Fallon Wong, Yiran Jasphy Zheng.
Publication Date
Fall 2015
Techniques
traditional format (bookbinding process), japanese
Instructor
Course
Ukiyo-e Prints (H791)
City
Providence
Keywords
Ukiyo-e prints, nature and man, bijinga, Suzuki Harunobu, Torii Kiyonaga, Katsukawa Shunzan, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa Kunisada, cormorant fishing, bonito fishing, seven herbs of spring nanakusa, clam digging shiohigari, iris flowers, dried gourd strips kanpyo, mushroom gathering, persimmon picking, reeds, oxen.
Disciplines
Art and Design | Japanese Studies | Theory and Criticism
Recommended Citation
Department, Theory & History of Art & Design and Varshavskaya, Elena (H791 Instructor), "Earthly Pleasures: Bounty in Ukiyo-e Prints (2015)" (2015). Ukiyo-e Prints Course | Exhibition Catalogs. 4.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/thad_studentwork_ukiyo-e_prints_exhibitioncatalogs/4