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...
| Основен автор: | Morishita, Masaaki, 1966- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub. Co.,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=389836 |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780754649540 0754649547 9780754690641 0754690644 |