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Recently, we had the pleasure of meeting with Dr. Nicewinter from the VMFA to talk about Latin American Art History. Learning about the Inha Empire was especially amazing overall, as it had only lasted about 100 years but spanned across 300 square miles in that time. Additionally, there was the concept of placing order (man) over chaos (nature), which is also shown in the army tunics they wore which represented patchworks of the landscape. After this idea we transitioned to the concept of Ayni, which is making two things into a whole such as male and female or life and death, which can be seen in the layout of Cuzco. Hanin marked upper Cuzco, while Hurin marked the lower in a way to form the whole of the city. Although I had wished to learn a bit more about the history of the Inha Empire, I found this discussion very interesting at its core with the different words used to convey certain things, such as the Aclla women in charge of weaving.
In March, I was able to sit in on the live online lecture about Japanese Aesthetics with the VMFA. Overall, the lecturer ran over a vast amount of different topics, covering important people like Suzuki, a zen philosopher, to stories such as The Tale of Genji, to different kinds of aesthetics such wabi and sabi. I enjoyed learning about The Tale of Genji, as it was a court story that gave the 3 central aesthetics: wabi, sabi, and yugen. Wabi, a key concept in the shinto religion, relates to simplicity and imperfection, while yugen is defined as mysterious and sabi relates to the beauty of aging. The lecturer also mentioned a book called In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki which seemed very interesting to read. I would be interested to learn more about the history of Japanese Aesthetics alongside the origins of different forms.
Artist: Sam Yang (digital artist) - Instagram artist specializing in stylized portraits and landscapes - https://www.instagram.com/samdoesarts/ Because he is a smaller artist outside of social media, Sam yang does not have many reactions or articles about him. The piece to the left is one of my favorites from him due to the simple shapes and the relaxed mood around it. The artist is able to perfectly simplify and capture the cityscape in a way that adds emotion and refinement. |
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