Tea as Context: Treasuring Ceramics

Описание: Zoom Gallery Talk
Tea as Context: Treasuring Ceramics
Recorded June 24, 2021

Internationally recognized as a pillar of Japanese culture, the art of tea (chanoyu), with its highly formalized aspects, is often misperceived as a stiff and impassive ritual. Rather, throughout its history, chanoyu has developed from the treasured relationships and bonds formed over “shared hot water.” These connections are integral to a longstanding, vibrant tea culture and further the rich stories behind the diverse practices and exquisite tea objects seen today.

This unmissable Zoom event assembles an all-star panel of experts on the subject. A discussion of the relative merits of a teabowl for the curious collector will be a highlight of the event.

0:00 Introduction - Joan Mirviss
5:30 What happens in a tea event - Nicolle Bertozzi
14:27 What makes a teabowl: anatomy and function - Andrew Maske
33:49 Origins of Raku ceramics and evolving tradition - Morgan Pitelka
43:23 The significance of naming tea objects - Andrew Watsky
54:01 Tea diaries and the story of Tsuda Sōgyū - Louise Cort
1:02:17 Contemporary tea practices - Nicolle Bertozzi
1:10:09 Rakuware today: balancing tradition - Morgan Pitelka
1:18:34 Teaching tea culture and teawares - Andrew Watsky
1:26:06 Q&A - all

PANELISTS:
NICOLLE BERTOZZI, PhD candidate in Japanese history at Columbia University
LOUISE CORT, Curator Emerita of Ceramics, Freer | Sackler, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
ANDREW MASKE, Associate Professor in Art History and Visual Studies, Arts of Asia and Japan Studies, University of Kentucky
MORGAN PITELKA, Professor and Chair, Department of Asian Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ANDREW WATSKY, Professor and Director, Program in East Asian Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

Click to see part 2 of our discussion on tea, Golden Renewal: Understanding Kintsugi Repair:    • Golden Renewal: Understanding Kintsugi Repair  

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Event produced and edited by Bonnie B Lee, Joan B Mirviss LTD