{"id":151,"date":"2021-11-12T06:47:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T06:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/?p=151"},"modified":"2021-11-12T06:47:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T06:47:35","slug":"historical-artifact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/2021\/11\/12\/historical-artifact\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical artifact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I have been more and more intrigued by the ukiyo-e art of Japan during the Edo period, I found it only appropriate to examine and reproduce the techniques and aesthetics of this art form for my historical artifact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My final product!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Reference sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.fujiarts.com\/cgi-bin\/item.pl?item=910376<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/ukiyo-e<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/issuu.com\/hercampusamerican\/docs\/typebook\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Reference images:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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for the mountains (https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/articles\/japanese-woodblock-prints-ukiyo-e)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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for the textures! (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eight_Views_of_%C5%8Cmi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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for the perspective and general flow of the painting! (https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/557039047650511126\/)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For this project, I struggled with it more than I wanted to. Specifically, I spent a lot of time trying to decide on a subject for my ukiyo-e painting. I wanted to do a scene from mythology but realized that required more research than I could properly put into this project and I wanted to avoid rushing through it and not respectfully treating the subject. Then, I considered a historical moment, but again, stumbled across the problem of needing a certain amount of time to do the proper research which was lacking. A scene from a brothel was also off the table. I sketched out an idea for a beautiful woman, but when trying to decide what style I wanted to draw her in, found myself in the same predicament: If I wanted to draw her in a typical Ukiyo-e style, I would need to study many paintings and prints to do it properly and respectfully. So finally, I found a subject I could paint that would require the least amount of research, studying, and time to execute it: A beautiful landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose mountains, as this was a typical element in ukiyo-e prints. That paired with clouds and the sun, I felt like I covered a sufficient amount of elements from traditional paintings. Then, I looked into just how to paint them. For the mountains, I painted them going from red to green. The foreground has yellow slowly added to it. For the cliffs, I used a flat brush to paint the curved ledges and the trees on the mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to add a certain contemporary and personal touch and added an element of perspective into the piece. Usually, ukiyo-e prints don’t have much of a perspective, but I wanted the viewer to feel like they were looking up into the mountain-scape. I achieved this by bending the mountains inwards slightly and curving the clouds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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my sketches!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To complete the piece, I made it into a scroll, gluing two wood rods to the ends of the painting (which I wrapped up the back) and attaching bamboo string so I could hang it up. this was something I wanted to achieve since the beginning and getting it to hang properly and look like a traditional scroll was quite satisfying! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would give myself an 8\/10! very proud of what I was able to make, and I felt like I did my subject and this area of art justice. I spent probably close to 8-10 hours on it, between sketching, researching, painting, and putting together the scroll. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I have been more and more intrigued by the ukiyo-e art of Japan during the Edo period, I found it only appropriate to examine and reproduce the techniques and aesthetics of this art form for my historical artifact. Reference sources: https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/ukiyo-e Reference images: For this project, I struggled with it more than I wanted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/sophiaspanosmcgill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}