Lecture: Chinese Influence on Japanese Landscape

Sonja Simonis, the present Curatorial Assistant at the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture in Hanford, CA, will speak on the important role China has played in the development of the arts in Japan. One example is the effect it had on Japanese landscape painting of the 18th and 19th centuries, Japanese arts adopted Chinese painting methods, style, and motifs. This lecture takes a closer look at the connections between Chinese and Japanese landscape painting through the centuries. 

Sponsored by the Asian Arts Council