By Anaïs Teyton, Selena Ortega, Chapter 8 Section 2 Visual Art, Architecture, & Performing Arts in Japan By Anaïs Teyton, Selena Ortega, & Miharu Sugie
Introduction Japanese nobles of Heian wanted to be surrounded by beauty & elegance. They created a great center of learning and culture. This period was called the golden age of the arts and included fashion, literature, visual art, architecture, and performing arts.
Visual Arts Popular: painting, calligraphy, architecture Paintings - bright & bold colors - represented scenes from stories, nature, court life - on paper doors & furniture, scrolls, fans,… Calligraphy - decorative writing - Poems looked as beautiful as they sounded.
Architecture Nobles wanted to make their city beautiful Copied Chinese architecture - greatly admired - Heian city= model of Chang’an Building style: ends of wooden frame curved upward, natural, airy feel - Elegant gardens & ponds, still popular today.
Performing Arts Popular - Performances - musicians, jugglers acrobats. - Plays = actors mimicked people. developed into drama called Noh - Noh plays 1.combines music, speaking, dance 2. teaches about great heroes of Japan’s past.
Architecture
Drama that developed from the Heian Period
Noh
Paintings
Conclusion Japan’s nobles created the golden age of art. Next, Buddhism develops throughout Japan, along with the nobles’ arts.