Japan

Art and Art History - ART 2674 | ARTH 2674

This course will introduce students to Japanese cultural traditions, craft traditions, and sacred spaces as contextual and aesthetic references within contemporary anime. 

Students will explore traditional Japanese craft-making processes – creating their own dyed indigo fabrics and stitched sashiko samplers - as a way to physically understand the materials, processes, and ethos of traditional craft and how this has long informed the moving images of anime. Travel in Japan will allow students to engage directly with sites that inform the illustrated spaces and stories of anime. 

This first-hand experience will educate students about the cultural, architectural, and physical details visually present in many anime, developing a more complete understanding of the stories by experiencing both contemporary and early historical sites that inform Japanese lives, artworks, and storytelling.

***Anticipated travel dates: May 3 to May 20, 2027 (dates are subject to change)***

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This course can fulfill any of the following requirements:

• General Education: Non-Western Cultural Traditions

• Major/Minor elective for

  • Studio Art

  • Art History

  • Digital Arts and Media

  • International Affairs

  • Asian Studies

• $4,200

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