Japonisme: Japan's Indelible Influence on Western Art

This study day is an introduction to the concept of 'Japonisme'; the European interpretation of Japanese art and culture in the late 19th Century.

Lecture One:

... will introduce the art and ideas from Japan that most influenced European artists. We will briefly explore the work of Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kitagawa and the art of the Edo periosd (1603-1868).

Lecture Two...

...will look at the massive impact Japanese art had on painting in Europe with examples from Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Jame Abbtt Whistler, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec and Vincent Van Gogh.

Lecture Three...

...will look at tye impact Japanese art had on design and architecture, with examples from Frank Lloyd Wright, Victor Horta, Margaret MacDonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889

Our lecturer, Sarah Jaffray, is an art historian, educator, curator and writer based in London.

Before her current position as Head of Art History at City Lit, London's largest adult education college, Sarah was a curator in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. For six years, she was Lead Educator at the Bridget Riley Art Foundation and has also worked at the Wellcome Collection exploring the connections of art, medicine and human experience. Prior to re-locating to London for family, Sarah was a tenured professor of Art History based in Los Angeles. She has been an art history lecturer since 2003.

Her first MA in Art History focused on the links between poetry and painting in late 19th century France, while her second MA in Cultural Studies focused on photography and political protest.

Sarah lectures on a wide range of topics and prefers to place artworks and objects in their wider social and cultural contexts, from the European Renaissance to the contemporary, emphasising new narratives and approaches to Western Art History. Her art historical research emphasises modern art, the politics and philosophies of the 19th and 20th centuries and how they are related to artistic process: drawing, printmaking, painting and photography.

Awards, Qualiifications & Memberships

MA Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London (2013) Merit

MA Art History, California State University, Long Beach (2006) Distinction

BA Art History, California State University, Long Beach (2002) First

Member: Association of Art History

Member: College of Art History

Event venue & nearby stays

Covent Garden, The Club for Acts & Actors, London, United Kingdom

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