Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byEmily Klein Modified over 11 years ago
1
By Jonathan Elbaz, Olivia Lee, and Patty Bandellin
Chapter 8 Section 2 Visual Art, Architecture, & Performing Arts in Japan By Jonathan Elbaz, Olivia Lee, and Patty Bandellin
2
Notes When the text is red, take notes, but when the text white, just listen. 2
3
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.
4
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.
5
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.
6
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.
7
Conclusion Japan’s nobles created the golden age of art. Next, Buddhism develops throughout Japan, along with the nobles’ arts.
8
Anaïs Teyton, Selena Ortega,
Bibliography Anaïs Teyton, Selena Ortega, & Miharu Sugie Thank You 8
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.