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The empty museum : Western cultures and the artistic field in modern Japan /

The book examines the processes through which public art museums, as modern Western institutions, were introduced to Japan in the late nineteenth century and how they subsequently developed distinctive national characteristics. Focusing on 'empty museums', one of the most distinctive forms...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morishita, Masaaki, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The book examines the processes through which public art museums, as modern Western institutions, were introduced to Japan in the late nineteenth century and how they subsequently developed distinctive national characteristics. Focusing on 'empty museums', one of the most distinctive forms of Japanese museums, Morishita shows how they developed, in relation to socio-cultural conditions at certain periods in modern Japanese history.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780754649540
0754649547
9780754690641
0754690644