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Word and Image in Japanese Haiku Painting

Matsumura Goshun
"Fifty Years Old"
7 x 6 1/2 in.
Poem on the Painting
(translation Dr. Stephen Addiss):
Fifty years old -
so start counting pine boughs
for the New Year!

Sunday, May 10, 2009, 2:00 pm

Lecture by Dr. Stephen L. Addiss,
Professor of Art, Tucker-Boatwright Professor in the Humanities,
University of Richmond, Virginia

Although haiku is now one of the world's best-known forms of poetry, haiku-painting is still not understood or appreciated in the Western world, even though the greatest haiku masters such as Basho, Buson, and Issa all did paintings to accompany their poems. Like haiku, these paintings are seemingly simple but fully resonant, opening up experience to viewers rather than filling up the surface with details. But what is the relationship between the words and the images? This illustrated talk will suggest three different kinds of interactions, while presenting major examples of Japanese haiku-painting through the ages.

Paintings from the Clark Center's collection will be featured, and the talk will conclude with some examples of haiku-painting in English by Professor Addiss.



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		Word and Image in Japanese Haiku Painting Matsumura Goshun "Fifty Years Old" 7 x 6 1/2 in. Poem on the Painting (translation Dr. Stephen Addiss): Fifty years old - so start counting pine boughs for the New Year! Sunday, May 10, 2009, 2:00 pm Lecture by Dr. Stephen L. Addiss, Professor of Art, Tucker-Boatwright Professor in the Humanities, University of Richmond, Virginia Although haiku is now one of the world's best-known forms of poetry, haiku-painting is still not understood or appreciated in the Western world, even though the greatest haiku masters such as Basho, Buson, and Issa all did paintings to accompany their poems. Like haiku, these paintings are seemingly simple but fully resonant, opening up experience to viewers rather than filling up the surface with details. But what is the relationship between the words and the images? This illustrated talk will suggest three different kinds of interactions, while presenting major examples of Japanese haiku-painting through the ages. Paintings from the Clark Center's collection will be featured, and the talk will conclude with some examples of haiku-painting in English by Professor Addiss. Reservation required. Please contact the Center in advance at (559) 582-4915.
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Word and Image in Japanese Haiku Painting

Sunday, May 10, 2009, 2:00 pm

Lecture by Dr. Stephen L. Addiss, Professor of Art, Tucker-Boatwright Professor in the Humanities, University of Richmond, Virginia

Reservation required. Please contact the Center in advance at (559) 582-4915.

Lecture by Dr. Stephen L. Addiss,
Professor of Art, Tucker-Boatwright Professor in the Humanities,
University of Richmond, Virginia