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Beyond the End — Ruins in Art History

The Shoto Museum of Art
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Ruins and ancient remains had been depicted repeatedly in landscape paintings throughout the history of Western art. Admiring the views of ruins and drawing them – this aesthetic was transmitted to modern Japanese art through contact with Western culture. From Hubert Robert the painter and Piranesi the etcher, renowned painters of ruins in the eighteenth century, Constable from the nineteenth century, Henri Rousseau, Magritte and Delvaux in the twentieth century, artists have drawn ruins. Some Japanese painters have also followed this theme: Aodo Denzen in the Edo Period, Fujishima Takeji and Oka Shikanosuke in modern times, and Motoda Hisaharu, Oiwa Oscar and Nomata Minoru in the present day. People have long been fascinated by the sights of the distant past or distant future that has been destroyed or will be destroyed by the passage of time. This exhibition gathers works depicting ruins and city landscapes in the past or near future, from old Western masters to contemporary Japanese art, to provide insight into this phenomenon.

Schedule

Dec 8 (Sat) 2018-Jan 31 (Thu) 2019 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
10:00-18:00
(Open submission exhibitions and salon exhibitions are open from 9:00 to 17:00. *On the final day, the open submission exhibition venue will close at 16:00.)
Closed
Monday
Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.
Open on public holidays but closed on the following day (unless this falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday when the venue will open).
Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.
Notice
Closed on Dec. 10, Dec. 17, Dec. 25, Dec. 29–Jan. 3, Jan. 7,Jan. 15, Jan. 21, Jan. 28.
FeeAdults ¥500, University Students ¥400, High School Students and Seniors 65 & Up ¥250, Junior High & Elementary School Students ¥100
Websitehttp://www.shoto-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/181haikyo/
VenueThe Shoto Museum of Art
https://shoto-museum.jp/en/
Location2-14-14 Shoto, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0046
Access5 minute walk from the West exit of Shinsen Station on the Keio Inokashira line, 15 minute walk from the Hachiko exit of JR Shibuya Station.
Phone03-3465-9421
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