Art Worlds


Cover of the book Art Worlds by Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Hong Kong University Press ISBN: 9789888313440
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789888313440
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

The growth of Shanghai in the late nineteenth century gave rise to an exciting new art world in which a flourishing market in popular art became a highly visible part of the treaty port’s commercialized culture. Art Worlds examines the relationship between the city’s visual artists and their urban audiences. Through a discussion of images ranging from fashionable painted fans to lithograph-illustrated magazines, the book explores how popular art intersected with broader cultural trends. It also investigates the multiple roles played by the modern Chinese artist as image-maker, entrepreneur, celebrity, and urban sojourner. Focusing on industrially produced images, mass advertisements, and other hitherto neglected sources, the book offers a new interpretation of late Qing visual culture at a watershed moment in the history of modern Chinese art. Art Worlds will be of interest to scholars of art history and to anyone with an interest in the cultural history of modern China.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The growth of Shanghai in the late nineteenth century gave rise to an exciting new art world in which a flourishing market in popular art became a highly visible part of the treaty port’s commercialized culture. Art Worlds examines the relationship between the city’s visual artists and their urban audiences. Through a discussion of images ranging from fashionable painted fans to lithograph-illustrated magazines, the book explores how popular art intersected with broader cultural trends. It also investigates the multiple roles played by the modern Chinese artist as image-maker, entrepreneur, celebrity, and urban sojourner. Focusing on industrially produced images, mass advertisements, and other hitherto neglected sources, the book offers a new interpretation of late Qing visual culture at a watershed moment in the history of modern Chinese art. Art Worlds will be of interest to scholars of art history and to anyone with an interest in the cultural history of modern China.

More books from Hong Kong University Press

Cover of the book Troubling American Women by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book The Great Difference by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Scottish Mandarin by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book 圖像與商業文化 by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Hong Kong Screenscapes by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Robert Morrison and the Protestant Plan for China by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Islam in Hong Kong by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Cinema at the City's Edge by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Lao She in London by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Taxation Without Representation by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Merchants' Daughters by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book Y K Pao by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru by Hong Kong University Press
Cover of the book The Pusan International Film Festival, South Korean Cinema and Globalization by Hong Kong University Press
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy