| The Making of a Modern Art World: Institutionalization and Legitimatization of Guohua in Republican Shanghai Contributor(s): Chan, Pedith Pui (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004338098 ISBN-13: 9789004338098 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $184.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Design | History & Criticism |
| Series: China Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.49 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |