ART HIS 42C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hanging Scroll, Handscroll, Josetsu
22 Dec 2019
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Eccentric hermits, elevated to divine status, avatars of buddhas and bodhisattvas made with ink, brush and paper. Portrait with a special function, of a zen monk right before their death. Piece of paper is glued to fabric backing. The date of the painting and name of the collector. You can destroy the painting if you hang it for years. Its not design to hold its own weight. Hanging scroll and hand scroll are different because hand scroll rolls horizontally. Daruma is legendary founder of zen buddhism. Daruma was a indian who came to china. Cut his eyelids off so he has bulging eyeballs. Japan was ruled by a shoulder, yosemoti. The idea of this painting is how do you catch a slippery catfish with a gourd. Sesshu, winter landscape, 1470s vs. daisenin, kyoto, 1513. Using the same piece for the landscape instead of using brush work. Anonymous japanese artist, st. francis xavier after 1623.
