Round 6: Tossup 4
Two paired artworks of this kind created in the 1790s depict black birds perched on a white elephant and a white puppy sitting by the belly of a black bull. One maker of these artworks is known for painting “boneless” forms with no outline as well as the “dripping in” technique. Trees covered with lichen and moss surround a dark, silvery stream filled with gold swirls in one of these artworks, whose background is coated with gold leaf. A Rinpa artwork of this kind called Red and White (*) Plum Blossoms was created by Ogata Kōrin. In Japan, painted examples of these objects are known as byōbu. Visual elements added onto tokonoma alcoves, fusuma doors, and shoji examples of these objects often adorn the backdrop of a tearoom. For 10 points, what standing pieces of furniture consist of multiple wooden or paper panels? ■END■
ANSWER: folding screens [accept painted screens or shoji or wind walls; accept byōbu until “byōbu” is read] (The White Elephant and Black Bull folding screens in the first line were created by Nagasawa Rosetsu.)
<KN, Visual Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-6
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