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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459208503321

Autore

Morishita Masaaki <1966->

Titolo

The empty museum [[electronic resource] ] : Western cultures and the artistic field in modern Japan / / Masaaki Morishita

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Co., c2010

ISBN

1-317-03418-X

1-317-03417-1

1-282-74355-4

9786612743559

0-7546-9064-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

708.952

Soggetti

Art - Exhibition techniques - Social aspects

Art museums - Japan

Art and society - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.