Top: Godess of Wealth, 750 CE; Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room [with Selfie], 2013 [2019]Bottom: Katsushika Hokusai, 36 Views of Mount Fuji #21 (The Great Wave); Mariko Mori, Nirvana, 1997

ARTH 3030: ARTS OF JAPANDepartment of Art and Art History University of Utah 3 Credit HoursSpring 2020 / T TH 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM / ART 158 / No PrerequisitesProfessor: Winston Kyan, PhD winston.kyan@utah.edu

This course provides a survey of Japanese art from pre-historic times to the anime craze of today. Students will learn the fundamentals of visual analysis and understand ways to situate artworks into their cultural, religious, and political contexts.