Introduction to the Histories of Art II – G6

Below are my edits and further thoughts about this project: Bijinga is a term used to describe pictures that contain beautiful what? in Japanese art. The type of print for these pieces of art are called Ukiyo-e, which are woodblock prints. Bijinga were also done in other mediums. So, do you want to mention this or say that ukiyo-e is the most popular medium to be used for bijinga? These pieces were meant to focus on the beauty of women during the time, hence the meaning of Binjinga--repetitious? Women were depicted in a mysterious way: The artists of these Bijingas had the faces of the women either angled or partly covered. The backgrounds were flat to emphasize the women in the pictures. One artist who was known for creating his own bijingas was Yoshu Chikanobu. What do you mean by his own bijinga? He created a series of Bijingas, which included 50 prints. This group of prints were known as Shin Bijin. What does Shin Bijin mean? Learning from artists whose works included Bijingas, Chikanobu adapted his own style of depicting women. His prints had women who were taller and thinner that recreated interest in these prints like before? or more than before? Why are these women taller and thinner? During the time of creating Dancing with Fan, (italics for titles of artworks) Japan was going through major changes because of its integration with the rest of the world. There was western influences that were affecting Japanese art and Chikanobu included them in this Bijinga. He was using more vibrant colors compared to before. What is only the colors? What about clothing, hairstyles, accoutrements? Our response to the piece by Chikanobu was to include more relevant objects in the Bijinga that shows how women have changed over the years. Women were always dressed in similar traditional clothing but today women are seen wearing much more than just traditional clothing. Today, women are dressing in suits because they are out there in the workforce and hold jobs and careers that are equal to men. They also wear casual clothing as well because of their balanced lifestyle between working and enjoying life. Like your classmate, I too am wondering if clothes alone speaks about equality...

Interesting--how have other artists responded to images of bijinga? When you say modern context, are you referring to Japan or Singapore? Curious: what was your original project?

our previous idea was the previous post by Pin, regarding the byobu

Thanks. Is there a way for your group to create a category so that all posts regarding your group is in one place? Otherwise, your team and I cannot see the train of thought.

Okay noted! i have created a new category called "Proj 2 - Team 4" , my group will be posting under this tag :)

Sounds wonderful! But are you taking on too much by responding to two works of art? Or, do you see similarities between the two? If so, what? What is your medium? Byobu? Photography? Who is doing what? Please remember that you need to present next week on your project.

Hi Sujatha, sorry for the late reply! This post was actually to describe our thoughts and those works are just references (they were visual responses to other works). Our actual idea for the project is in Gek's latest post :) Thank you!!