The Lowe ArtMuseum is a place with a big variety of art. They have galleries from different cultures and countries. They gave us a really good tour in which we had an opportunity to admire the Japanese art since its beginning. I think Japanese art is mostly divided in four parts: the ancient art, theEdo and Meiji period, and the modern art. Their art has many differences between each other and it also shows a big part of the Japanese culture. For example; at the beginning their art was mostly sculpture in wood and paint, andafter that the artist used it to stamp his/her design in a paper, they calledthis kind of art: Woodblock prints. They also used some kind of art in theirclothing to show how rich was a person; they had in their obi or belt somethingcalled Netsuke (a figure made from a variety of materials). Between the Edo and Meiji period there were big advances in art, such as the use of color in their pictures and paintings; for example, they colored their pictures manually to incorporate color in them. I really liked the screens or “Byobu” that Japanese people used in the Edo period to separate their rooms instead of walls. Also they have a variety of porcelain objects highly decorated called “Kutani Ware." During the Meiji period, they started painting more about high class prostitutes or Geishas, warand high class society. It was reallyinteresting to learn about the Japanese art through all the art pieces thatthis museum has. References
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