Step 1: Read https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rinp/hd_rinp.htm (Links to an external site.)
Step 2: Watch this lecture by Yukio Lippit, art history professor from Harvard University.
Step 2: Answer the following questions: (300+ words)
1. What is Lippit’s main argument in this lecture? He introduces a specific painting technique, what is it and what is its origin?
2. Choose an example from the list below. How would one recognize it as a Rinpa painting? Rinpa painting is often described as stylized, patternized, having abstract tendencies, and strong graphic effects. Which of those descriptive apply to your example? What do those terms mean in relation to your example?
o Korin, Chrysanthemums https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.206 (Links to an external site.)
o Style of Statsu, Court Ladies https://asia.si.edu/object/F1903.101-102/ (Links to an external site.)
o Kiitsu, Camellias and Autumn Grass https://asia.si.edu/object/F1974.36/ (Links to an external site.)
o Hoitsu, Cherry and Maple https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/765976 (Links to an external site.)
o Hoitsu, Blossoming Cherry https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53423 (Links to an external site.)