Art History – Art Future: Digital Replicas of Traditional Japanese Art
Few paintings capture the imagination like Soga Shohaku's Dragon and Clouds in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, painted in 1763. A massive mythical creature fills the composition, looking as if it is about to burst out of the sliding doors that were once part of a Zen monastery building.
This talk describes the importance of Dragon and Clouds in the history of Japanese art, how the work came to Boston, and how it was recreated with new technology by Canon's Tsuzuri Project in order for its reproduction to be installed in a Kyoto temple. The changes to its surface, structure, and location particularly over the last 15 years allow it to be experienced like never before.
Please join us on November 19th for unique insights into how technology and tradition are being blended to preserve artwork and connect cultures. If you have a love for history, art, or Japan, this program promises to delight!
Image caption: Dragon and Clouds 雲龍図, 1763, Soga Shohaku, Japanese, 1730–1781, Two of a set of eight panels; ink on paper, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11.7042.1-2
Venue:
University of San Francisco, Lone Mountain Building
2800 Turk Blvd (on the "upper campus" of USF's main Hilltop campus)
San Francisco, CA
Handlery Room, Lone Mountain 100
Public Transportation:
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* This program is supported by a grant from the National Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc., with the support of the United States-Japan Foundation.