Class Description
This class will involve three separate two hour discussions on popular subjects in Japanese art history. We will discuss the following topics and prints: Class I: Hiroshige’s “53 Stations of the Tokaido;” Class II: “The Black Scrolls;” and Class III: Japanese prints in Chicago cultural history and collections in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Margaret Norton is a retired librarian and art history instructor. She holds a master’s degree in Far Eastern Art History with specializations in Chinese and Japanese art.
Materials List
Required:
- Digital Course Packet
First Reading:
- Please review the following webpages for the first session: Tokaido (historical road) Britannica, The Art Institute of Chicago’s online Collection of Hiroshige prints, and the Fifty-three Station website
Cost and Registration
This class is full, but you can still register for the waitlist on Learning Stream.
Three sessions, $185 ($166.50 for Newberry members, seniors, and students). Learn about becoming a member.
To register multiple people for this class, please go through the course calendar in Learning Stream, our registration platform. When you select the course and register, you’ll be prompted to add another registrant.
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