AH 571C - Modern Japanese Architecture

(3 units)

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Art History or consent of instructor.
Analysis of “Japaneseness” and “foreign-ness” in Japan between 1868 and 1970. Examination of Japanese creations of and reactions to “modernity” in regard to national identity as expressed in architecture and gardens. Related consideration of urbanism and nationalism.

Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: AH 471C