Asian Art: Japan

Question 1

Who is the artist of the above painting?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Nagasawa Rosetsu

Question 2

How does the artist create a cold feeling in the painting above?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Answers may vary. He uses the whites of the paper to create snow, and creates crystalline fragments using overlapping planes.

Question 3

Zen gardens were the result of intense __________ and manual _________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

study and labor

Question 4

Which of the following played a role in Maruyama Okyo’s style of painting?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Okyo studied Western perspective painting when he was younger and was able to incorporate these concepts in his work.

Question 5

The _______ period was filled with different schools of painting, such as the ______________, which introduced the concept of volume to Japanese art.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Edo; Maruyama-Shijo

Asian Art: Japan Answers