Modernization of Chinese Art
Subtitle: The Shanghai Art College, 1913-1937
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9789462700567
Subjects: Art, study and teaching; Art schools; Education, china
Description: The Shanghai Art College was one of the most important art schools in Republican China. This is the first academic study written on the early history of the College. It makes a major contribution to the history of art education in China, Shanghai in particular. The book presents a new approach to how people understand the modernization of Chinese art, and the significance and consequences of modernity in the Shanghai art world of the period 1913-1937. The author proposes new theoretical models to explain the interactions between multiple levels of social structures and artists, with a special emphasis on the role of art education institutions in transforming artists, artworks and the development of artistic fields.