The making of a modern art world : institutionalisation and legitimatisation of Guohua in republican Shanghai
Title:
The making of a modern art world : institutionalisation and legitimatisation of Guohua in republican Shanghai
China studies ;
China studies ;
Author:
Chan, Pedith Pui, author.
ISBN:
9789004338098
9789004338104
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Brill, 2017.
Physical Description:
374 pages ; 24 cm.
Series:
China studies ; VOLUME 37.
China studies ; v. 37.
General Note:
| Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of London, 2009) under the title: The making of a modern art world : the institutionalisation of guohua in Shanghai, 1929-1937. |
Contents:
Introduction: the hierarchy of Shanghai's art world -- Institutionalisation as practice: societies, periodicals, and colleges -- The appropriation of new cultural capital: art exhibitions -- The business of art: the art market.
Abstract:
The Making of A Modern Art World' explores the artistic institutions and discursive practices prevailing in Republican Shanghai, aiming to reconstruct the operational logic and the stratified hierarchy of Shanghai?s art world. Using 'guohua' as the point of entry, this book interrogates the discourse both of 'guohua' itself, and the wider discourse of Chinese modernism in the visual arts. In the light of the sociological definition of 'art world', this book contextualizes 'guohua' through focusing on the modes of production and consumption of painting in Shanghai, examining newly adopted modern artistic practices, namely, art associations, periodicals, art colleges, exhibitions, and the art market.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references.
Field 805:
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