Duane Kimball on wed 28 may 97
To appreciate Jomon pottery, our Japanese Art History class had to create
what the instructor called "visualizations". For example, we were told to
"make a pot" in one of the Jomon styles, and identify the characteristics
which made it one style or the other. And then for the Haniwa, the
assignment was to create a Haniwa piece.
Since it was not a class in Japanese ceramics, other "visualizations"
included non-clay, such as writing sutras and ink paintings. The works were
displayed in the library for the semester, were fun, really helped students
to understand the aesthetic principles involved, and added to the usual
readings, exam, research paper, slide assignments, etc. Kathleen in New
Hampshire (kik in nh)
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