Japanese Nobles Create Great Art

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Japanese Nobles Create Great Art
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• By Madeleine, Grace, and Kelsey
• Period 5
• 2/27/08

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Paintings

• loved to paint with vivid colors.
• paintings told a story.
• showed nature or court life.

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Calligraphy

• Seen as very beautiful.
• Copied poems often
• Made poems as beautiful as they sounded.

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Architecture

• Buildings were inspired by Chinese architecture.
• Copied temples mainly
• Wooden frames
• Wooden panes left unpainted
• Thatched roofs
• Other buildings were simple and airy
• Made of wood
• Tiled roofs
• Large and open spaces
• Surrounded by gardens

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Performing Arts

• Musicians, jugglers, acrobats, and mimicking
• Noh was very popular
• Music
• Speaking
• Dance
• Told about heroes or figures of Japans past.