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Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting: Kano Hogai and the Search for Images, Fox
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9780226110806
- Subject Area
- Art, History
- Publication Name
- Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting : Kano Hogai and the Search for Images
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 11 in
- Subject
- History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Asian / General, Asia / Japan, Asian / Japanese, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 52.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 8.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
022611080X
ISBN-13
9780226110806
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038285724
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting : Kano Hogai and the Search for Images
Subject
History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Asian / General, Asia / Japan, Asian / Japanese, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
52.1 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-029549
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Foxwell's book is scholarly work of the highest order, its primary subject of analysis and the topics developed from it are exceedingly important, and its assiduously developed analysis is substantial and original. Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting not only introduces and contextualizes its subject, it offers an original way of conceptualizing it. In doing so, it serves not only as a significant study in the history of Japanese art, but a significant intervention in art history more broadly., [Foxwell] has a fine eye for analyses of paintings. . . . This messy period is clarified a lot by this book. . . . Highly recommended., Skillfully bridging the late Edo and Meiji periods, Foxwell has made a major contribution to new art historical scholarship. Questioning any facile overlay of political transformations onto the world of art, as well as conventional notions of Japanese cultural authenticity, she adeptly demonstrates that the highly diverse nineteenth-century Japanese art world was already undergoing massive changes that cannot simply be attributed to the implementation of a top-down governmental system. Her meticulous research is coupled with an impressively broad consideration of larger epistemological questions that make this a valuable text for all scholars and students interested in modern Japan during this period., Foxwell makes a crucial and timely contribution to the growing body of studies on the artistic practices upended by Japan's political transformation from insular feudalism to internationalist constitutional monarchy. Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting provides a fresh and compelling alternative to understanding the late-nineteenth-century nexus of thinkers, producers, and consumers of art., "[Foxwell] has a fine eye for analyses of paintings. . . . This messy period is clarified a lot by this book. . . . Highly recommended." , Taken as a complete text, Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the visual and cultural politics of the Meiji period, but, equally important, it supplies a useful foundational discussion of pre-Meiji painting. Furthermore, Foxwell is clearly versed in Western modern art history and critical theory, and succeeds in making effective use of this understanding to enhance her ideas and observations without overencumbering them.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
759.952/09034
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Notes to the Reader Introduction: Nihonga and the Historical Inscription of the Modern 1 Exhibitions and the Making of Modern Japanese Painting 2 In Search of Images 3 The Painter and His Audiences 4 Decadence and the Emergence of Nihonga Style 5 Naturalizing the Double Reading 6 Transmission and the Historicity of Nihonga Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Explores a critical point in the spread of modernism to and through Japan in the late nineteenth century: Western writers responding to Japan's "opening" to the West at the time said they were witnessing the end of pure Japanese art and the beginning of a lamentable phase of westernized cultural hybrids. By the early 1880s, Japanese artists, critics, and policymakers had become so distressed about these international perceptions that they collectively sought to elevate contemporary Japanese art's value and reputation abroad. How to do this was a matter of intense discussion within Japan, often in consultation with important Western collectors. These discussions eventually crystallized around a new term: nihonga, or "Japanese painting," coined by the Japanese to distinguish traditional forms of painting from oil painting and other mediums that had recently been introduced from the West. In doing so, they did more than devise a new name for something that had existed all along: the term nihonga marked a new way of conceptualizing the pastness of Japanese painting and defining the roles that such painting might play in the modernizing era (1868-1912., The Western discovery of Japanese paintings at nineteenth-century world's fairs and export shops catapulted Japanese art to new levels of international popularity. With that popularity, however, came criticism, as Western writers began to lament a perceived end to pure Japanese art and a rise in westernized cultural hybrids. The Japanese response: nihonga , a traditional style of painting that reframed existing techniques to distinguish them from Western artistic conventions. Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting explores the visual characteristics and social functions of nihonga and traces its relationship to the past, its viewers, and emerging notions of the modern Japanese state. Chelsea Foxwell sheds light on interlinked trends in Japanese nationalist discourse, government art policy, American and European commentary on Japanese art, and the demands of export. The seminal artist Kano Hogai (1828-88) is one telling example: originally a painter for the shogun, his art eventually evolved into novel, eerie images meant to satisfy both Japanese and Western audiences. Rather than simply absorbing Western approaches, nihonga as practiced by Hogai and others broke with pre-Meiji painting even as it worked to neutralize the rupture. By arguing that fundamental changes to audience expectations led to the emergence of nihonga --a traditional interpretation of Japanese art for a contemporary, international market-- Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting offers a fresh look at an important aspect of Japan's development into a modern nation.
LC Classification Number
ND1054.5.F69 2015
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