The Asuka Period
There has always been controversy when East would meet West,particularly in the art realm.Hirayama says, in reference to Japan, that by increasing ones exposure to Western art, one calls into question many long held artistic assumptions and institutional practices (57). He noted that such caused upheaval throughout the Meiji period, an era of cultural uncertainty (57). Some artists, during the controversial years in the early part of the twentieth century, would vie for more Western styles. While some artists did try to make their works acceptable world wide by choosing this option, the Japanese did effectively create unique art forms anyway. Japanese aesthetics provide a key to understanding artistic works that are quite different than those Within the East Asian artistic tradition, China had been the leader and Japan's art took much from the country; Yet, Japanese artists developed their own style, which is clearly not Chinese (Griffin PG). And of course, the world was not always discriminatory against the East. Many centuries ago, before the eruption of the very popular western art movements, there was a different attitude. In order to get a glimpse of how different art wa
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Approximate Word count = 1091
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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