Schaeffer Jordan Art

 Japan: Edo Period 1615-1868 C.E.   The Tokugawa shogunate ruled for a period of 250 years with relative peace and prosperity during this time. Urban culture developed with artisans and merchants in the city of Edo (now Tokyo) and this era of art is referred to as Japan’s early modern era. The Edo period is divided into sub-periods, beginning with Kan’ei and Genroku eras, from the 1620s to the early 1700s. (Coman) Kanō Tan’yū,  Landscape in Moonlight , after 1662, one of three hanging scrolls, ink on silk, 100.6 x 42.5 cm. The signature mentions the painter’s Hōin title, “Seal of the Buddhist Law.” ( The Metropolitan Museum of Art ) The Kanō school of painting flourished due to the three prominent painters: Kanō Tan’yū, Kanō Sanraku, and Kanō Sansetsu. The three painters took different directions, they were influenced by style of Eitoku, as well as a return to Chinese models and earlier style of the school. Tan’yū spearheaded this change, he painted landscapes in monochrome ink a

   Vietnam War      The Vietnam War was between 1954 and 1975. This war took place in Vietnam and was the North Vietnam communist government and its allies in the South called the Viet Cong against the government of South Vietnam and the United States. By 1969, there were more than 500,000 American military personnel stationed in Vietnam. The Soviet Union and China were giving weapons and supplies to the North. The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died in the war. In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was inscribed with the names of 57,939 members of the armed forces who died or were missing in the conflict. (Spector)        The Vietnam War was one of the first televised wars in History. Camera crews could see the horrors in real time. Censorship had waned since WW2, and this allowed the media to portray this war negatively. Protests began of the war, drawing in hundreds of thousands of people. What started as a handful of people