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Time and place
Mondays, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m., venue to be
confirmed, please check our website:
after 6 August 2013 for update
or text ‘INFO’ to 087 2572015.
Duration
The course comprises of one lecture per week
over two twelve-week terms commencing
Monday, 23 September 2013 and recommencing
Monday, 13 January 2014. There is a one week
break in each term (4-8 November 2013 and
24-28
February 2014) when no lectures will
take place.
Arts of Japan
This lecture-only course will examine cultural
highpoints in the arts of Japan from the
fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Artefacts
in all media – painting, ceramics, lacquer and
textiles – will be examined in the context of the
infuence of China on Japan, the creation of the
Shogun Court, the rise of the merchant classes
and the establishment of the pleasure districts in
burgeoning Tokyo. Particular attention will be
paid to lacquer ware created for the domestic
and European market, the arts associated with
the tea ceremony and traditional Japanese
theatre. Themes of Japonisme will be explored,
particularly in nineteenth century Ireland as
Japan emerged after 250 years of self-imposed
isolation from the outside world.
Lecturer
Ruth Starr
How to apply
You may register and pay by credit/laser card
online at
after 6 August 2013 or you can
download an application form and send it with a
cheque/draft/postal money order made payable
to Trinity College no. 1 account to: Patricia
Stapleton, Extramural Administrator, School of
Histories and Humanities, room 3141, Arts
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Applications may be made in person after
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, in room 3141, Arts
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 between
2.30
p.m. and 4.30 p.m. or by appointment
(
phone 01 896 8589).
Fee
€75 for the course. A concession rate of €45 is
available to second and third level students and
people whose primary source of income is social
welfare, health board or a government-
sponsored employment scheme.
Time and place
Wednesdays, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m., in the Emmet
Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
This may be subject to change. Please check
our website:
after 6 August 2013 for update
or text ‘INFO’ to 087 2572015.
Duration
The course comprises of one lecture per week
over one twelve-week term commencing
Wednesday, 25 September 2013. There is a
one week break (4-8 November 2013) when
no lecture will take place.
Introduction to European
Painting and Sculpture I
This lecture-only course offers a survey of
Western painting and sculpture up to c. 1520. It
provides an introduction to the critical analysis of
artworks and considers such matters as the
iconography of major religious and mythological
subjects, issues of style, the functions of works
of art and architecture, as well as the range of
technical methods employed by artists. Art
