Deco Japan : shaping art & culture, 1920-1945
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Benton Tim (1945-....) ; Machiko Takanami ; Hitomi Kitamura ; Mackie Vera C. (1955-....) ; Brown Kendall H. ; Japan Society ; John and Mable Ringling museum of art ; Society of the Four Arts ;
- Editeurs : Alexandria, Va. Art Services International ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2012
- ISBN : 0-88397-157-7, 978-0-88397-157-4
- Sujets : Art déco -- Expositions -- Japon, Art japonais, Art
- Comprend : Shaping art and culture, 1920-1945
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (319 p.), : Ill. en coul., couv. ill. en coul., 31 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Japan Society Gallery, New York, N.Y., Mar. 16-June 17, 2012, the John and Mable Ringing Museum, Sarasota, Fla., July 14- Sept. 30, 2012, and the Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 9-Jan. 19, 2014 ; Bibliogr. p. 305
Résumé
'The vitality of urban Japan in the 1920s and 1930s is expressed through works of art and visual culture that may be grouped under the rubric of art deco. Using nearly 200 objects ranging from matchbook labels to grand paintings, and focusing on works exhibited in Japan's national exhibitions, Deco Japan traces a chapter in Japanese modernism that signals simultaneously the nation's claims to a unique history and its cosmopolitanism. Major themes include both the rise of moga, or modern girl, a barometer of social freedom and cultural realignment, and nationalism, manifest in imperial glory and military strength.'--Cover flap