Alice Y Tseng

The Imperial Museums of Meiji Japan

Architecture and the Art of the Nation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first English-language study of the art, history, and architecture of Japan's Imperial Museums, the predecessors of today's national museums in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Nara. It provides a chronological analysis of the museums' development, and highlights cross-cultural influences that enriched and complicated Japan's search for a durable modern identity. Alice Y. Tseng is assistant professor of art history at Boston University.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 183mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1111g
• ISBN-13: 9780295987774
• ISBN-10: 0295987774
• Artikelnr.: 23429009

Autorenporträt

Alice Y. Tseng

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Encounters and Translations: The Origins of Hakubutsukan and Bijutsu
2. The Museum in Ueno Park: Styling the Nation
3. The Age of the Imperial Museum
4. The Imperial Kyoto Museum: Locating the Past within the Present
5. The Imperial Nara Museum: Administering History and Religion
6. The Hyokeikan Art Museum: Debating the Permanent Place of Art
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index