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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morishita, Masaaki, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2010.
Subjects:
Art > Exhibition techniques > Social aspects.
Art museums > Japan.
Art and society > Japan.
Art > Techniques d'exposition > Aspect social.
Art et société > Japon.
ART > Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions > Permanent Collections.
ART > Museum Studies.
Art and society.
Art museums.
Japan.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Transculturation and Bourdieu's Field Theory; 3 The Early Development of the Field of Bijutsu: The Bunten and the Art Group; 4 The Birth of the Regional Art Museum: Art Groups, and the Avant-garde; 5 Post-war Development: Curators and Museums of Modern Art; 6 Struggles between the Local Artist and the Curator; 7 Conclusion; Appendix: List of Personal Interviews; Bibliography; Index.

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