In 1639 Japan closed its borders and cut itself off from the outside world. Foreigners were expelled, Western culture was forbidden, and Entering or leaving Japan was punishable by Death. It would remain that way for over 200 years....

Monet uses color and composition to draw your eye to the water and plant life below a Japanese-style bridge in his impressionistic painting.

Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn create community art by painting entire neighborhoods, and involving those who live there -- from the favelas of Rio to the streets of North Philadelphia. What's made their projects succeed? In this...

Women were excluded from almost all cultural and social resources in the centuries from 1400 to 1900 when so much of the world's great art was created. And visual art was almost entirely a male industry before modern times. Having an...

How did fishermen record their trophy catches before the invention of photography? In 19th century Japan, fishing boats were equipped with rice paper, sumi-e ink, and brushes in order to create gyotaku: elaborate rubbings of freshly...

Learn more about the exhibition Five Thousand Years of Japanese Art: Treasures from the Packard Collection on view at the Met December 17, 2009 - June 6, 2010ref='http://tinyurl.com/MetPackard' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>2010...

Yukio Lippit, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University Professor Lippit focuses on the influence of ink painting on the Japanese Rinpa aesthetic in a lecture from the Sunday at the Met series. The exhibition...

John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada John T. Carpenter discusses the use of calligraphy in Japanese painting. Fumie Yamada gives a live...

Welcome to the channel! This is 'Art Practice’, a series of short videos giving an intro into the art practice of artists around the world. You can use this video if your’e new to creativity, a seasoned artist looking for new techniques...

Welcome to the channel! This is 'Art Practice’, a series of short videos giving an intro into the art practice of artists around the world. You can use this video if your’e new to creativity, a seasoned artist looking for new techniques...

This Tokyo Museum, which houses the Illustrated Handscroll of The Tale of Genji, and Japanese gardens is a hidden gem.

Welcome to the channel! This is 'Art Practice’, a series of short videos giving an intro into the art practice of artists around the world. You can use this video if your’e new to creativity, a seasoned artist looking for new techniques...

It's an omnipresent image that has inspired music, tattoos, and even an emoji on your phone. But Hokusai's Great Wave is a woodblock print that was made to be reproduced. What's its story? Let's better know the Great Wave.

Create a simple Japanese Notan design with me!

In this video you will learn step by step how to create a simple cardboard loom and how to make an eight strand braid. Kumihimo is a Japanese word that means to braid on a loom, and this traditional technique is lots of fun!

Learn more about the exhibition Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156—1868, on view at the Met October 21, 2009 — January 10, 2010ref='http://tinyurl.com/kwmfgg' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>2010 A demonstration by...

Learn more about the exhibition Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156—1868, on view at the Met October 21, 2009 — January 10, 2010ref='http://tinyurl.com/kwmfgg' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>2010 Morihiro Ogawa, special...

Learn more about the exhibition Five Thousand Years of Japanese Art: Treasures from the Packard Collection on view at the Met December 17, 2009 - June 6, 2010ref='http://tinyurl.com/MetPackard' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>2010...

Please support our videosf='http://www.patreon.com/scifri' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos According to neurologist and artist Greg Dunn ( gregdunnart.com ) , the reality of how our neurons are organized and transmit...

The nine decades of artist Yayoi Kusama’s life have taken her from rural Japan to the New York art scene to contemporary Tokyo, in a career in which she has continuously innovated and re-invented her style. Well-known for her repeating...

James Richards, a Turner Prize 2014 nominee, talks about the diverse ways of image-making as well as the original sound compositions he uses in his work, during this film shot at the Wysing Art Centre, Cambridgeshire. “I feel it has more...

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