When Europeans and Americans became aware of the exquisite workmanship of Japanese porcelains, bronzes, silks, embroideries, and lacquerware in the 1850s, a cult of emulation and the “Japan craze” began. Former curator Nancy Green discusses the influence of Japanese aesthetics on avant-garde painting and printmaking, in fashionable ceramics and metalwork, and on graphic design, advertising, bookbinding, and illustration. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)