East West Center - ASDP
Honolulu, 9 august 2013
Rosana Pereira de Freitas
Professor I Coordinator
History of Art (new undergraduate degree)
Fine Arts School
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Infusing Chinese
and Japanese
Religion, Art
and Literature
into the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
Infusing Chinese
and Japanese
Religion, Art
and Literature
into the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
In Brazil !!!
First infusion
Islam in China
In the required course
History of Art II
Unit 3: Islamic Art
(the unit already exist,
but we go until the
Iberian Peninsula and
stop there).
First infusion
Islam in China
In the required course
History of Art II
Unit 3: Islamic Art
(the unit already exist,
but we go until the
Iberian Peninsula and
stop there).
First infusion
Islam in China
In the required course
History of Art II
Infuse examples of
sino-islamic art and
architecture.
Second
infusion
Buddhism
In the required course
Oriental Arts:
India/China/Japan
BAH364
c.11th century
black sandstone, 28 x 75 cm
Asian Art Museum, Berlim
Second
infusion
Buddhism
Infuse Buddhism as a
key theme to connect
the 3 units:
India/China/Japan
c.11th century
black sandstone, 28 x 75 cm
Asian Art Museum, Berlim
in Parallel
Second cup of
Buddhism
Long-term project:
• “Buddhist Art: from the
aniconic times until
Murakami’s Oval
Buddha”
Last
infusion
Special Topic
“Art & Text”
(or “Word and
Image”)there are
electives courses
called “Tópicos
Especiais”
Reading Contemporary Asian
Art through Literature
(or the vengeance of the art historian)
Context
The Fine Arts School of
the Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro is the
oldest institution of arts in
Brazil.
Since colonial times we
have had courses in
Engraving, Painting,
Sculpture, among others.
But only in 2009, the
degree in History of Art
was created.
Context
Even being a bicentenary
institution – The Fine Arts
School was created by the
King of Portugal, when the
Portuguese Royal Family
moved from Portugal
under Napoleon threat –
it’s the first time that the
institution has promoted a
course in Asian Arts.
Challenge
There is no text-book (no Clunas, no Masson, no
Stanley-Baker)
Ex.
*Wong, Eva (tr), Seven Taoist Masters: a Folk Novel of China
(Boston: Shambhala, 1990).
We have 3 others books translated into Portuguese on the
shelves of self-help books (“Feng Shui” etc.)
*Pauline C. Lee recommended readings
but we have:
**Watson, Burton (tr), Chuang Tzu (New York: Columbia
University Press, 1968).
Translated from English (!)
Rugendas, 1822
Tea Plantation
The first
Chinese
Immigrants
arrived in Brazil
in 1810
(400)
The first Japanese immigrants arrived
in Brazil in 1908.
Brazil is home to the largest Japanese
population outside of Japan.
A poster used in
Japan to attract
immigrants to Brazil.
“As of 2004, there were some 1.6
million people of Japanese descent
estimated to live in Brazil, accounting
for 62 percent of the 2.6 million
Japanese and their descendents in
total living abroad, according to the
Association of Nikkei and Japanese
Abroad”. The Japan Times Online,
2008-01-15
Invitation
Museu Dom João VI
Par de porta pincéis. Museu Dom João VI, Coleção Jerônimo Ferreira das Neves,
Rio de Janeiro, Acervo n° 1398A e 1398B. 10 por 5,8 cm, c. 1780 – 1850
Shan Xing I Escalada da Montanha
Du Mu (803 – 852)
“Por este caminho sinuoso de
pedras escalo a montanha até o
topo, onde faz frio.
O caminho me conduz a um lugar
de nuvens brancas onde vivem
pessoas.
Detenho a minha carruagem e
sento-me para apreciar as
árvores de bordo,
cujas folhas geladas são tão
vermelhas quanto as flores de
primavera.”
(trad. Maria Fernanda Lochschmidt)
Porta pincéis. Museu Dom João VI, Coleção Jerônimo Ferreira das Neves,
Rio de Janeiro, Acervo n° 1400. 10 x 6 cm. ca. 1780 – 1850
Assumptions
• Art and
Literature are
tied
• The
importance of
narrative
• The role of the
spectator
Reading Contemporary Asian
Art through Literature
(or the vengeance of the art historian)
Reading Contemporary Asian
Art through Literature
Unit 1:
“Under Confucians Eyes”
Unit 2:
Under Buddha’s Smile
Unit 3:
Under the Moonlight
A detail of “He Xie,” an installation of ceramic crabs at the
that refers to a dinner celebrating Ai Weiwei’s studio shortly
before its razing by the Chinese government
Visitantes tentam ler A Book from the
Sky.
4 mil blocos de madeira
A Book from the Sky
In Chinese, the word for river crab,
hexie, sounds very similar to that for
“harmony”, the ideological buzzword of
the current regime referencing the
censorship of China
Zhang Huan – Confúcio (2011)
Zhang Huan – Buddha (2011)
Artist: Jocho
Title: Amida Buddha
Medium: Gold leaf and
lacquer on wood
Size: height 9'8" (2.95 m)
Date: Heian period, c.
1053 CE
Source: Phoenix Hall,
Byodo-in
Artist: Jocho
Title: Amida Buddha
Medium: Gold leaf and
lacquer on wood
Size: height 9'8" (2.95 m)
Date: Heian period, c.
1053 CE
Source: Phoenix Hall,
Byodo-in
• Pure
Mariko Mori, Oneness, 2003; Pure Land 1996-1998; Dream Temple, 1997-1999
Old themes +
Travel literature
Yoshitomo Nara
Yoshitomo Nara
Travel
literature
Wenceslau de
Moraes
(Lisbon, 1854 Tokushima,
1929)
Bibliography 1/4
• Bashô. Trilha estreita ao confim. São Paulo, Iluminuras,
1997 ("Oku no hosomichi")
• Contos Populares Chineses. São Paulo: Landy, 2000.
• Ching, S.C. & Wei, L. S. China – Lendas e Mitos. São
Paulo: Kempf, 1984
• Cleary, T. Meditações taoístas. Brasília: Teosófica, 2001
(recolha de textos taoístas)
• Cleary, T. O essencial de Confúcio. São Paulo: Best
Seller, 1992
• Cleary, T. O essencial do Tao. São Paulo: Best Seller,
1992
• Cleary, T. Wen tzu. Brasilia: Teosófica, 2002.
• Confucio Analectos. São Paulo: Pensamento, 1997.
Bibliography 2/4
• Confúcio Conversações. São Paulo: Ibrasa, 1999 (trad.
Anne Cheng)
• Franchetti, Paulo, org. Haikai; antologia e história. 3a.
ed. Campinas, SP, Ed. da Unicamp, 1996
• Gonçalves, R. (org) Textos Budistas e Zen Budistas.
São Paulo: Cultrix, 1995.
• Goga, H. Masuda & ODA, Teruko. Natureza - berço do
haicai; kigologia e antologia. São Paulo, Empresa
Jornalística Diário Nippak, 1996
• Guerra, J.J. Dicionário semântico de Chinês –
Português. Macau, Jesuítas Portugueses, 1981.
• Hamill, S. & Seaton, J. Chuang Tzu. São Paulo: Cultrix,
2000.
Bibliography 3/4
• Kenkô, Yoshida. A Arte de transformar tempo útil em
tempo fútil. São Paulo: Landy, 2001.
• Laozi - Tao te Ching, o livro do Caminho Perfeito. São
Paulo: Pensamento, 1985 (trad. M Azevedo)
• Laozi - Tao Te King São Paulo: Attar, 1995
• Laozi Daodejing. São Paulo: Hedra, 2002 (trad. M.
Sproviero)
• Laozi. Tao te king. São Paulo: Paulus, 2001
• Laozi - Tao te ching. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2004.
(trad. B. Watson)
• Meireles, C. Poemas Chineses. Rio de Janeiro: Nova
Fronteira, 1996
• Merton, T. A Via de Chunag Tzu. Petropolis: Vozes,
1999.
Bibliography 4/4
• Merton, T. Místicos e mestres zen. Rio de Janeiro:
Civilização brasileira, 1972.
• Ming, L.I. O Despertar do Tao. São Paulo: Pensamento,
1992.
• Savary, Olga, trad. Haikais de Bashô. São Paulo,
Hucitec, 1989, 84 p. Antologia de haicais traduzidos do
mestre japonês.
• Watson, B. Chuang Tzu. São Paulo: Cultrix, 1988
• Wilhelm, R. A Sabedoria do I Ching. São Paulo:
Pensamento, 1991
• Wilhelm, R. I Ching. São Paulo: Pensamento, 1986.
• Wilhelm, R. Tao Te King. São Paulo: Pensamento, 1989.
Supplementary Bibliography 1/2
• Campos, H. (org.) Ideograma. São Paulo: Cultrix, 1977.
• Conze, E. Budismo. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização
Brasileira, 1973
• Cooper, J. C. O Taoísmo. São Paulo: Martins Fontes,
1986
• Eliade, M. História das Crenças e idéias religiosas. Rio
de Janeiro: Zahar, 1978.
• Kudielka, Robert. "Arte do mundo – arte de todo o
mundo?". In: Novos Estudos, São Paulo, CEBRAP, n.67,
nov./2003, p. 131-142.
• Kuniyoshi, Celina. Imagens do Japão: uma utopia de
viajantes. São Paulo: Estação Liberdade;
FAPESP,1998.
Supplementary Bibliography 2/2
• Leite, José Roberto Teixeira. A China no Brasil:
influências, marcas, ecos e sobrevivências chinesas na
sociedade e na arte brasileiras. Campinas: Editora da
Unicamp, 1996.
• Sullivan, M. A Arte da China e do Japão. Lisboa,1971.
• The “Eating Crabs” Youth Book. In: Mann, Susan &
Cheng, Yu-Yin. Under Confucian Eyes. Berkeley/Los
Angeles/London: University of California Press
• Thornton, Sarah. A visita ao Ateliê. In: Sete dias no
mundo da arte. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Agir, 2010.
• Zimmer, Heinrich. Mitos e símbolos na arte e civilização
da Índia. São Paulo: Palas Athenas, 1989.
Further
infusions
How about a panel?
Revisiting the Past,
Living the Present,
Envisioning the Future:
Twentieth National
Conference of the
Asian Studies
Development Program
Further infusions
On the red tread: (non-)authorized genealogies
Zhang Xiaogang
b. Kunming, China, 1958. Lives in Beijing
Bloodline, 1995
Obrigado(a)!
• Islam in China in
the unit Islamic
Art
• HAV 2