Art & the History of Art 383 - Tea Ceremony & Jpns Culture

Spring
2018
01
4.00
Samuel Morse
MW 02:00PM-03:20PM
Amherst College
ARHA-383-01-1718S
FAYE 113
scmorse@amherst.edu
ARHA-383-01,ASLC-319-01

(Offered as ARHA 383 and ASLC 319) An examination of the history of chanoyu, the tea ceremony, from its origins in the fifteenth century to the practice of tea today. The class will explore the various elements that comprise the tea environment-the garden setting, the architecture of the tea room, the forms of tea utensils, and the elements of the kaiseki meal. Through a study of the careers of influential tea masters and texts that examine the historical, religious, and cultural background to tea culture, the class will also trace how the tea ceremony has become a metaphor for Japanese culture and Japanese aesthetics both in Japan and in the West. There will be field trips to visit tea ware collections, potters and tea masters. Two class meetings per week.


Limited to 20 students. Spring semester.  Professor Morse.

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.