Wednesday 18 January 2017

cop: essay plan

Essay Plan

1.      Introduction –
What wood-block printing is
similarities to screenprinting – colour wood-block printing
carvers were regarded perhaps even more than the artists.
What It was initially used for – Buddhist
What am I going to talk about?

2.      Minimalism – picture comparison
Book that says it’s minimalist, why I think it’s not
process is very complex
backgrounds? Not used much
sepia colours, only started integrating colour in later years
ukiyo-e – just pictures of girls, same faces – marketing prostitutes – communication?
Same faces – prostitutes, character isn’t necessary, just the body and the fact they’re girls? Beauty – effective communication considering what’s being marketed
eyecatching – effective communication as people look at it

3.      Modern Day –
How is traditional aesthetic used today? – Merchandise etc – effective forms of communication for marketing japan culture to the western audience
Woodblock printing a staple of Japanese culture, recognised by western, woodblock is effective communication for japan in terms of tourism, foreign audience
Artist that still uses wood-block printing

4.      Use of words –

Artist comparison
Katakana use
Visual incorporation – words used as imagery today, traditional to go alongside
Words for the story – modern day comics etc

5.      Folk Tales
Catfish – earthquake
Imagination over Realism
Western style for devastation – Japanese style too sacred for war – JP pg.8
To research – Kabuki, did they use folk tales? – Banzuke

6.      Propaganda

Kawakami Sumio – Still life illustrations of the English alphabet – communicating the English language to a Japanese audience – incorporation of the west culture
Zukoshi – typology posters – collection of things, helped acquaint Japanese with western objects Newspapers - How most of it is just words – later incorporated imagery, No use of phonetic alphabet, meaning only literate could read it
Senso-e – helped keep Japanese people informed – communication – Russo Japanese War
Propaganda had to show Japanese in a positive light – was communicating but wasn’t communicating the truth. Was this effective or not? Both points – was shielding the truth a good thing or not? Is all propaganda posing themselves in a positive light?
To research – popular propaganda in the J/R War, public response – was it effective

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