kristina_zinda

Japanese research assignment!

Japanese Culture Rapid Research **Drawing and Painting** Ms. Cain Name: __ Kristina Zinda __ 1. Research Areas (pick one): Haiku Brush Painting Sculpture Architecture Tea Ceremony Ikebana Rock Gardens Sui Seki Cuisine Sports **Calligraphy** Ukiyo-e Shinto Buddhism Kimono-Obi Koto Raku 2. Briefly outline what you already know about this area: Calligraphy is a type of writing that involves kind of a swirly design for the letters.

3. Use this knowledge to try a variety of internet searches to discover more about your chosen area. Record here the URLs of the 3-4 most useful sites. [|**http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=601&page=2**] [|**http://www.jennibick.com/learning-calligraphy.html**] [|**http://www.studioarts.net/calligraphy/**]

4. Now search for **large** images only in your chosen research area. Rename each file with your own name and save it into your home directory file on the server. (EXAMPLE: cain-buddhism1.jpeg) Then upload them to your wiki page. If you want to control the arrangement on the page, insert the images into a table. Insert links to the URLs you listed above into your wiki page.

5. Write 3 sentences that explain the best new and interesting information you’ve gathered today.

Calligraphy means “beautiful writing”. You can create anything pretty much with calligraphy, all you need is a pen and paper and you could create a poem, invitations, greeting cards, scriptures and quotations, posters, and a lot more. The Italians invented calligraphy, but the word is Greek.

6. Rename this document with your own name like this: ccain-buddhism.doc. Upload this document to your wiki page.