Unkei

Expression is everything. In the quote from Angel Haze she says that, “True artistic expression lies in conveying emotion.” This is taken literally in Unkei’s wooden statue Nio, which brings an extra sense of imagination along when viewing the statue. For example, one might believe features of the statue alone portray flamboyance and disgust through exaggerated posture, facial expression, and hand gesture. With his weight mostly to one side and his hips slanted it gives of the impression that he

Semaje Sherman Prof. Shelly Baul Orientation in Art-06 November 28, 2016 Museum - The MET Celebrating the Arts of Japan: The mary Griggs Burke Collection Walking through the journey of Japanese arts in the Met’s new exhibition, “Celebrating the Arts of Japan, the collection by Mary Griggs Burke. The exhibition features works such as an exceedingly rare Jiz, Bosatsu sculpture signed by the sculptor Kaikei, and other pieces of Buddhist art. Also, Shinto iconography. Its opening coincides with Asia