ART HIS 42C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Woodblock Printing, Nihonga, Art Style
22 Dec 2019
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Kyochika, the second army attacks port arthur, dec 1894. The subject matter is war on chinese. Visual characteristics suggesting that the ppl in the background are chinese is the pony tails of the chinese. Japanese ppl are winning, chinese seem to be disoriented. Japanese figures appear larger in the art work, suggesting they are superior to the chinese. Woodblock prints are an effective visual propaganda tool bc it can be mass produced, boldness of colors. Kyochika, our fleet bomboards dairen bay, 1894. Waves crashing against the ship but it is unfazed. Represented the emergence of an european imperial power. Forced japan to forfeit some of its territorial gained from the war. Great sino-japanese war in the vicinity of asan. ***only difference between these two works above is the title. 1904- recycled again - used in russo-japanese war. 4 categories of imagery during war : heroes, explosions, sea battles, and death.
