| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 153 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Modern Asian art and visual culture, 2214-5257 ; volume 7 |
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Modern Asian art and visual culture ; v. 7.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Golden Key of Art -- A Beacon in the Distance -- By Any Other Name -- Nude Ambition -- Embattled Careers -- Conclusion: Under the Power of the Times |
| Summary |
The first monograph devoted to women artists of the Republican period, The Golden Key recovers the history of a groundbreaking yet forgotten force in China's modern art world. Through its detailed examination of the lives and careers of six female artists - Guan Zilan, Qiu Ti, Pan Yuliang, Fang Junbi, Yu Feng, and Liang Baibo - this book argues that women were central to the emergence of modernist art in early twentieth-century China and to the nation's larger modernization project. Amanda S. Wangwright's analysis of a wealth of primary sources demonstrates how these women constructed public personas, negotiated space within art societies, applied feminist thought to their artistic praxis, and surmounted obstacles to their careers - wielding art as the "golden key" to professional advancement and gender equality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Women artists -- China -- History -- Biography
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Women artists -- China -- History and criticism -- 20th century
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Gender identity in art -- History -- 20th century
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Nude in art -- History -- 20th century
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Gender identity in art
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Nude in art
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Social conditions
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Women artists
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China -- Social conditions -- 1912-1949.
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China
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004443945 |
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9004443940 |
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