Comments on: Lost in Japan: The apartment http://blog.ejovi.net/2004/03/18/lost-in-japan-the-apartment/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:14:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Beverly Wolfram http://blog.ejovi.net/2004/03/18/lost-in-japan-the-apartment/#comment-340 Beverly Wolfram Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.ejovi.net/2004/03/18/lost-in-japan-the-apartment#comment-340 Dear Ejovi, If you want to understand Japan, study Japanese art. Japan has never been invaded by a foreign country and may be the only nation with that distinction. While all other cultures have been greatly shaped by cultural "collisions", Japan has not. Instead, it may define the word, refinement. To say Western art has been influence by Japanese art is a gross understatement. If you can get a copy I recomment the book, Japonisme by Siegfried Wichmann, Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1981. Try used book sources (and be sure to get an English version) My undergrad degree was in Fine Arts. When I taught history in prison, I taught it by using another art form...music. Art tells you everything. Best regards, Beverly Wolfram --- Dear Ejovi,

If you want to understand Japan, study Japanese art. Japan has never been invaded by a foreign country and may be the only nation with that distinction. While all other cultures have been greatly shaped by cultural “collisions”, Japan has not. Instead, it may define the word, refinement.

To say Western art has been influence by Japanese art is a gross understatement. If you can get a copy I recomment the book, Japonisme by Siegfried Wichmann, Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1981. Try used book sources (and be sure to get an English version)

My undergrad degree was in Fine Arts. When I taught history in prison, I taught it by using another art form…music. Art tells you everything.

Best regards,

Beverly Wolfram

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