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Postgraduate Diploma or Certificate in Asian Art at SOAS University of London. Minimum Entry Requirements: Normally BA degree or equivalent. Other qualifications (e.g., published work, relevant professional experience) may be acceptable. Non-standard applications are considered on their merits, and applicants may be asked to submit written work for appraisal and/or attend an interview. No knowledge of the arts of Asia necessary, but serious interest in the area desirable.

Start of programme: September, January or April Duration:Five three month full-time modules, any number or combination of which can be taken. The Postgraduate Diploma is awarded to any student who successfully completes three selected modules within a period of four years. The Certificate is awarded for each singular module. Mode of Attendance: Full-time Fees: £4,950 per module Description This postgraduate programme offers a unique opportunity to study the arts of Asia and the Islamic world with lectures by leading scholars in the field.

The modules offered are: New Scholarship Aims Structure Contact us. Top Page : Web Japan. Japan exposures | a personal introduction to Japanese photography. Suggested Readings | Asian Art Histories. Recommended Reading List (Books and Exhibition Catalogues Only) Battiston, Eleanor and Marella, Primo, eds, Post-Tsunami Art, Bologna: Damiani, 2009. Binghui, Huangfu, ed.Translating Cultures: Site & Sight, Essays on Globalisation and Contemporary Visual Art, Singapore: Earl Lu Gallery & LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, 2003. Bollansee, Marc and Enin Supriyanto. Indonesian Contemporary Art Now. Singapore: SNP Edition, 2007. Carroll, Alison. Chiu, Melissa and Genocchio, Benjamin. Chiu, Melissa and Gennochio, Benjamin.

Ciclitira, Serenella. Clark, John et al., eds. Clark, John, Modern Asian Art, Sydney, Craftsman House & Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1998. Clark, John, ed. Clark, John. Desai, Vishakha N, ed. Flores, Patrick. Fominaya Alvaro R. and Lee, Michael, eds. Fukuoka Art Museum, The Birth of Modern Art in Southeast Asia: Artists and Movements. Guillermo, Alice. Guillermo, Alice. Kapur, Geeta. Khairuddin, N.H. et. al. Kwok, K.C. Lenzi, Iola, ed. Morris, Rosalind, ed. Berghuis. Japanese art & design. Colour Colour is often used to convey messages in Japanese design. The wearing of certain colours, or the use of particular colours in the home, could indicate a person's beliefs. The Buddhist philosophy emphasized that to reach enlightenment and escape from earthly desires one must lead a simple, frugal life. At various times the shogunate also issued dictates on which colours could be used by different social classes on particular occasions, in order to limit ostentatious display in everyday life and the home.

Kimono, Japan Shibui (refined austerity) colours: Indigo blue The indigo plant was used as a textile dye from the 9th century onwards. Kimono Aomori, Japan 1890-1930 Indigo-dyed ramie, with white cotton stitching (kogin) Width 100 cm x height 129 cm Museum no. This kimono was made and worn by a woman living in Tsugaru, a penisula in the very north of Honshû, the main island of Japan. Shibui (refined austerity) colours: Black Shibui (refined austerity) colours: White Line Wabi-sabi. :<<>>: JAANUS :<<>>: Terminology of Japanese Architecture & Art History. Welcome | Japan Art History Forum. Art Space Tokyo — An intimate guide to the Tokyo art world.

Japanese Art. Wochi Kochi Magazine. Top Story "MAU"--Dancers from Five Asian Countries Come Together to Give a Collaborative Performance, with the Artistic Staging Director Fujima Kanjuro Fujima Kanjuro To celebrate the 40th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, dancers from Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan took part in a performance project named "MAU: J-ASEAN Dance Collaboration" and in November 2013 toured the four countries other than Japan. Contributed Article The ASEAN-JAPAN "Drums & Voices" Concert Tour: A Unique Collaboration of Traditional Percussion and Vocal Music Michiru Oshima, Tsubasa Hori The "Drums & Voices" concert tour that traveled to six ASEAN countries and Japan concluded with a December 2013 finale in Tokyo, Japan.

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