COLLECTION NAME:
Louis Black Collection of Japanese Prints
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Louis Black Collection of Japanese Prints
Collection
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Collection:
Louis Black Collection of Japanese Prints, Art History Dept, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London
collection
Louis Black Collection of Japanese Prints, Art History Dept, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London
Collection
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Artist:
SHIRO KASAMATSU
artist
SHIRO KASAMATSU
Artist
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Culture:
Japan
culture
Japan
Culture
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Title:
Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond (at Veno Park, Tokyo)
title
Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond (at Veno Park, Tokyo)
Title
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Medium:
Woodcut
medium
Woodcut
Medium
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Dimensions (centimeters):
36 x 24 cm
dimensions__centimeters_
36 x 24 cm
Dimensions (centimeters)
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Creation Date:
1932
creation_date
1932
Creation Date
false
Creation Century:
20th Century
creation_century
20th Century
Creation Century
false
Primary Creation Decade:
1930-1939
primary_creation_decade
1930-1939
Primary Creation Decade
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Primary Subject:
landscape
primary_subject
landscape
Primary Subject
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Secondary Subject:
water
secondary_subject
water
Secondary Subject
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Donor:
Louis Black, 1955
donor
Louis Black, 1955
Donor
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Description:
two very faint human figures in a park alongside pond, at dusk or nightfall
In Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond, the brushstrokes Shiro utilizes
to depict the water are reminiscent of the broken brushstrokes made famous
by the French Impressionists. However, the brushwork in the rest of the image
is too precise to be considered impressionistic. The highly developed sense of
perspective can also be attributed to Western artistic influences. Visible
through the tree in the immediate foreground, the pathway leads the eye
through the image to the stairway leading even further into the background.
The electric lanterns lining the path are another, more concrete manifestation
of Japan’s Westernization, as is the location of the image itself: Ueno Park in
Tokyo. Designed in imitation of the Western concept of a public park with
museums and grand promenades, the park exemplifies Japanese appropriation
of architectural, as well as ideological appropriations of Western imperialism.
In Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond, the brushstrokes Shiro utilizes
to depict the water are reminiscent of the broken brushstrokes made famous
by the French Impressionists. However, the brushwork in the rest of the image
is too precise to be considered impressionistic. The highly developed sense of
perspective can also be attributed to Western artistic influences. Visible
through the tree in the immediate foreground, the pathway leads the eye
through the image to the stairway leading even further into the background.
The electric lanterns lining the path are another, more concrete manifestation
of Japan’s Westernization, as is the location of the image itself: Ueno Park in
Tokyo. Designed in imitation of the Western concept of a public park with
museums and grand promenades, the park exemplifies Japanese appropriation
of architectural, as well as ideological appropriations of Western imperialism.
description
two very faint human figures in a park alongside pond, at dusk or nightfall
In Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond, the brushstrokes Shiro utilizes
to depict the water are reminiscent of the broken brushstrokes made famous
by the French Impressionists. However, the brushwork in the rest of the image
is too precise to be considered impressionistic. The highly developed sense of
perspective can also be attributed to Western artistic influences. Visible
through the tree in the immediate foreground, the pathway leads the eye
through the image to the stairway leading even further into the background.
The electric lanterns lining the path are another, more concrete manifestation
of Japan’s Westernization, as is the location of the image itself: Ueno Park in
Tokyo. Designed in imitation of the Western concept of a public park with
museums and grand promenades, the park exemplifies Japanese appropriation
of architectural, as well as ideological appropriations of Western imperialism.
Description
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