- Response to the prompt :
Read the prompt carefully, and formulate a response. Try to support your opinion with specific evidence, whether works of art, historical details, cultural context, etc.
Prompt : This week we saw a range of works from across East Asia (ca. 1300–1850). What struck you as particularly interesting or noteworthy—whether it was a work of art, a concept, or a historical period—and why? What questions are you left with?
2. Responses to your peers :
Respond to the posts of two of your peers. Read their posts carefully and try to push the conversation forward in some way.
pear 1 : My favorite work of art is the Lingering Garden, while it was not a painting or a sculpture but a place, it struck me profoundly for the beauty and significance behind creating it. While many of these places would use flowers to express beauty, this place strayed from that idea because of the symbolism these other decorations expressed with the officials living within them. This garden shows just as much beauty, if not more, than the traditional garden we hold as beautiful today. It was an oasis or sanctuary for retired men and allowed for a peaceful life for people who have experienced chaos for much of their lives, and to me that is significant
pear 2 : An artwork that struck me as particularly interesting was Jeong Seon’s, Panoramic View Of The Diamond Mountains. What initially piqued my interest in this piece of art was the mountains. I’ve always loved mountains and Jeong Seon does an amazing job at illustrating such a complicated landscape. The mountain contains many peaks and valleys that give this artwork a deep level of detail as well as helping add to the realism of the mountains. Hidden in the valley is a small town that is almost impossible to notice. The textbook says that Jeong traveled to view this mountain 20 times before he painted it. I can’t imagine how difficult it would have been to view this landscape 20 times and paint these mountains in such detail during the late 1700’s