Art History

The Four chosen diverse cultures throughout the world for each time period are

Japan , 1900 A .D . – present

The United States and Canada , 1800 – 1900 A .D

France , 1600 – 1800 A .D

Ancient Greece , 1000 B .C . – 1 A .D

Two paintings from each culture

Japan , 1900 A .D . – present

Listening to Waves ‘ vase “Listening to Waves ” vase , Heisei period (1989-present , 2004

Sakiyama Takayuki (Japanese , born 1958

Sand-glazed stoneware H . 15 3 /4 in (40 cm , W . 13 1 /2 in (34 .3 cm D . 15 [banner_entry_middle]

in (38 .1 cm

Artist ‘s mark

Gift of Mary Griggs Burke , 2004 (2004 .201

JAPAN , 1900 A .D . – PRESENT

Titled “Listening to Waves ” this contemporary ceramic sculpted by potter Sakiyama Takayuki gives material expression to the sensation of sound and the movement of water . Sakiyama achieved this effect by combing the clay , then double-folded it over on itself to form a dynamic vase that seems to echo the folding of waves and tidal swells . Waves swirl across the exterior , sweeping over the rim into the interior to create a fully integrated , organic form . Moss-colored glaze fills the ebblike grooves , leaving traces of sand on the surface of the vessel This effect recalls the raked sand-waves of Zen kare sansui gardens such as the sixteenth-century Ryoanji in Kyoto , which convey the expanse of the oceans , and ultimately the entire universe

2 . The United States and Canada , 1800 – 1900 A .D

The Brush House , 1916

Childe Hassam (American , 1859-1935

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove 15 5 /16 x 22 5 /16 in (39 x 56 .8 cm

Rogers Fund , 1917 (17 .31 .1

Between 1896 and 1916 , Hassam spent productive periods working in Cos Cob , Connecticut , a modest waterfront section of Greenwich frequented by , editors , and musicians as well as painters . The art colonists congregated at a rambling old saltbox that was operated as a genteel boardinghouse by Josephine Holley and her daughter Constant . The old houses , barns , mill , and nearby shipyard inspired so many pictures that Hassam nicknamed the art colony “the Cos Cob Clapboard School ” Hassam focused on figural and architectural subjects , including the Holley House itself (now called the Bush-Holley House , a museum operated by the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich . Across the road from the Holley House , the Brush house was built sometime between 1751 and 1784 Artists sometimes roomed at Brush ‘s if the Holley House was full , but its ramshackle condition made it more desirable as the subject of a picture than as a place to stay . In this watercolor of the house , Hassam focused on the network of shadows on the steep roof . He left the bare to suggest patches of sunlight in some areas in others he painted wet-into-wet to produce veils of color

3 . France

The Death of Socrates , 1787

Jacques-Louis David (French , 1748-1825

Oil on canvas 51 x 77 1 /4 in (129 .5 x 196 .2 cm

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection , Wolfe Fund , 1931… [banner_entry_footer]