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Mini Japanese Zen Rock Garden Sculpture Name:______ Mini Japanese Zen Rock Garden Sculpture Name:__________________ The Japanese rock garden (karesansui) or "dry landscape" garden, often called a zen garden , creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water. A zen garden is usually relatively small, surrounded by a wall, and is usually meant to be seen while seated from a single viewpoint outside the garden, such as the porch of the hojo, the residence of the chief monk of the temple or monastery. Classical zen gardens were created at temples of Zen Buddhism in Kyoto, Japan during the Muromachi Period. They were intended to imitate the intimate essence of nature, not its actual appearance, and to serve an aid to meditation about the true meaning of life. STEP ONE: RESEARCH the History of Zen Gardens by visiting the school network: S://Mr.Arnett/AVI3M/4M/ Sculpture/Mini Japanese Rock Garden/intro.htm STEP TWO: ANSWER the questions on the History of Japanese Rock Garden handout. STEP THREE: DRAW 3 CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS of your own Mini Japanese Rock Garden. CONSIDER: Space, Ryōan-ji, (The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in Kyoto, balance, and unity; shapes Japan. Late 15th century. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch and forms of rocks; line and of Zen Buddhism. The temple garden is considered to be one of the finest pattern in sand design. examples of a kare-sansui, a Japanese rock garden , or zen garden , in Japan. The temple and gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient STEP FOUR: GET Kyoto, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. APPROVAL from the teacher on one of your designs and STEP FIVE: CONSTRUCT then create your Mini your Mini Japanese Zen Rock Japanese Rock Garden. Garden box frame out of cardboard and tape and also a construct a small rake. STEP SIX: ARRANGE your sand, rock, object(s) according to your conceptual design approved by the teacher. Use your small rake to create your pattern and lines in your sand design. STEP SEVEN: REFLECT by answering the following questions on the attached sheet. Muso Soseki - a Zen priest and poet known as the father of the A mountain, waterfall, and Zen rock garden. 1275. gravel "river" at Daisen-in, Japan. (1509–1513) K/U: History of Zen Gardens Questions Name:______________ S://Mr.Arnett/AVI3M/4M/Sculpture/Mini Japanese Rock Garden/intro.htm 1. What is a Japanese Zen rock garden? (1) 2. Who was considered to be the father of the Zen rock garden? (1) 3. What is the Japanese rock garden supposed to imitate? (1) 4. What is the Ryoan-ji? (1) 5. What is the function of the Ryoan-ji? (1) 6. According to Zen and Feng Shui beliefs, every corner of one’s environment is important and deserves what? (1) 7. The timeless quality of __________ can be contrasted with the fluid quality of _________? (1) 8. The formations of rock(s) can be composed to resemble what? (1) 9. What is the number three considered to represent? (3) 1. 2. 3. 10. What can a vertical rock symbolize? (1) 11. What can the sand symbolize? (1) 12. What can a swirl of sand symbolize? (1) K/U: History of Zen Gardens Questions Continued... Select one Japanese Zen Garden (on-line) and identify the formal, expressive and technical qualities of the work. Formal Qualities: (How are the elements and principles used: (Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Balance, Rhythm, Pattern, Contrast, Emphasis, Value, Space, Movement, Colour, Variety, Proportion, Unity) Expressive Qualities: (mood/feeling): Thumbnail sketch Technical Qualities: (how was it created): Identify sensory, formal, expressive, symbolic, and technical qualities in your own Mini Japanese Rock Garden and make specific connections to a historical Japanese Rock Garden studied. Formal Qualities: (How are the elements and principles used: (Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Balance, Rhythm, Pattern, Contrast, Emphasis, Value, Space, Movement, Colour, Variety, Proportion, Unity) Expressive Qualities: (mood/feeling): Technical Qualities: (how was it created): Connections to historical Japanese Rock Garden(s) studied: Describe the stages of the design process (research, conceptual sketches, experimentation, revision(s)) followed in the creation of your Mini Japanese Rock Garden. REFLECT by answering the following questions: 1. What do you think was the most successful part of your sculpture and why? 2. What do you think was the least successful part of your sculpture and why? 3. If you had to do this project again, what changes would you make to your sculpture and why? 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