Smarthistory – Dr. Sonia Coman

Dr. Sonia Coman

Sonia Coman is a Content Contributor in the area of Japanese art. Her research focuses on cross-cultural exchange, ceramics, and the relation between poetry traditions and visual and material culture. Coman received a B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Columbia, where she wrote her dissertation on the Japanese aesthetic principles that spurred a reinvention of French and Japanese ceramics in the late 19th century. At Columbia, she designed and taught an undergraduate seminar on the soft power of ceramic arts across world cultures. In 2018-19, Coman will explore Charles Lang Freer’s Japanese ceramics as the Anne van Biema Fellow at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Dr. Sonia Coman

The four seasons in the arts of Japan

Hon’ami Kōetsu, Folding Screen mounted with poems

Oribe Tea Bowl

Nanbokuchō and Muromachi periods, an introduction

Heisei period, an introduction

Shōwa period, an introduction

Taishō period, an introduction

Meiji period, an introduction

Edo period, an introduction

Azuchi-Momoyama period, an introduction

Kamakura period, an introduction

Jōmon period, an introduction

Asuka period, an introduction

Nara period, an introduction

Kofun period, an introduction

Yayoi period, an introduction

Heian period, an introduction

A brief history of the arts of Japan: the Edo period

A brief history of the arts of Japan: the Kamakura to Azuchi-Momoyama periods

A brief history of the arts of Japan: the Meiji to Reiwa periods

Dr. Sonia Coman

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