Part 4: "Ruins as Image" [Professor Naoki Sato] Art Appreciation Lessons at Tokyo University of the Arts: A New Art History through East-West Comparison
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Professor Naoki Sato explores the theme of "ruins" by comparing Western and Japanese artworks, identifying a shared sense of melancholy in both.Summary
Professor Naoki Sato of Tokyo University of the Arts analyzes the concept of "ruins" by comparing Nicolas Poussin's "Et in Arcadia ego" with a Japanese Noh chant book illustration, "Izutsu." While contrasting Western stone architecture with the Japanese focus on narrative and ephemeral space, Sato finds a common thread of "melancholy" and memory, suggesting that both cultures use ruins to evoke the ghosts of the past.
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