|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
אדריכלות וסביבה ביפן
Japanese Architecture and its Environs |
0687-2062-01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| מדעי הרוח | לימודי מזרח אסיה | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Architecture and its Environs
Main Themes:
1. Climate and Nature in Japan
The Japanese environmental conditions as the background to the central role of nature in the human culture of Japan.
2. The Japanese House
- East Asian ancient dwellings in relation to environmental conditions
- The Japanese Traditional House and the Japanese Spatial conception reflected in its architecture.
3. Religious Architecture
- Buddhist Architecture form India to Japan
- Chinese waves of influence on Japan through the history and the ways of their adoption and adaptations.
4. The Way of Tea
- The social and aesthetic revolution of the 16th century Japan and its influence on its time and on the next centuries.
5. Japanese Gardens
- The development of the Japanese gardens throughout the centuries, focusing on the sources of inspiration and the aesthetic approaches reflected in the gardens.
- The Japanese Gardens as an example of a design for movement in space.
6. From Edo to Tokyo
- The development of Edo from a provincial town to the Capital City, its spatial organization and its reasons and consequences.
Students' duties:
Students should chose one specific masterpiece and submit a written analytic report on it.
The work should include about 2000 words and sketches, diagrams and photos to accompany the analysis.