1. Intersections Cross-Discipline, Cross-Cultural, Multi-Layered Approach to East-West Studies Vicki Cook, Pima Community College

2. Objective: Recreate Infused, Topical Lecture Complicate over-simplified East/West comparative rhetoric Separate Lectures for E/W Courese Western Imperialism Eastern Isolationism/Separatism Dual-Ethnocentricism Difference as Definition of Culture Change as more than reaction to or against previous thought, action

3. Possibilities: West Civ I and II History and Culture of Japan/China Art 105 Art Appreciation Pima Community College Art 150 Art, History and Culture of East Asia University of Arizona

4. Van Gogh and Japonism (Japonisme) 1853 - 1890 Hiroshige and Ukiyo-e (Woodblock prints) 1797 -1856

7. Consequences-Intended and Other Question of realism or not (temporarily) answered by camera Hiroshige retired from professional art to live a Buddhist life Demand for ukiyo-e diminished with rise in Western popularity Van Gogh’s Japanese style works usually in Eastern studies See influences of Japonism in both Art Nouveau and Cubism Twos sets of Hiroshige/Van Gogh painting gained some notice in post war academia

8. Japan Meiji Restoration of 1860s Open trading Increased interest in travel Catch-up efforts in industrialization France/Europe Post Enlightenment French Revolution Napoleon and others Abolition of feudalism Industrialization Historical Perspective 1800s

9. Hiroshige “I leave my brush in the East And set forth on my journey. I shall see the famous Places in the Western Land” Van Gogh “It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to…” Words – Formal and Informal

10. Topics with Possibilities Women in postwar era culture and society Philosophical constructions of linear vs. cyclical worldview Competing/complimentary styles of religious architecture Evidence of classic Western landscape influence in East Asian art

11. Some Concluding Thoughts Find intersections of East/West art, history and culture Help to complicate myths and stereotypes of East/West dualism Question our own assumptions about presentation of topics Spark interest of students by letting them choose topics of interest and form own questions, find answers Explore new ways of thinking about familiar topics and… be inspired by others.