Back in those times, nobody had the experience or practice to make the things they painted look realistic. They didn’t really have the years of experience of people before them to go off of. Also, they probably had quite limited tools.
The study of Japanese art has frequently been complicated by the definitions and expectations established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Japan was opened to the West. The occasion of dramatically increased interaction with other cultures<span> seemed to require a convenient summary of Japanese </span>aesthetic<span> principles, and Japanese art historians and archaeologists began to construct </span>methodologies<span> to categorize and assess a vast body of material ranging from Neolithic pottery to wood-block prints. Formulated in part from contemporary scholarly </span>assessments<span> and in part from the syntheses of enthusiastic generalists, these theories on the characteristics of Japanese </span>culture<span> and, more</span>
<span>Isamu Noguchi strove to create harmony between opposing concepts in his designs. The two material he blended to create his innovative coffee table were glass and wood.</span>
Op art, short for Optical art
