MODERNIZATION OF CHINESE ART

01. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-94-6270-056-7
Verlag: LEUVEN UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 943 g

Fist academic study on modernity at the Shanghai Art College 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 aesthetic 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. Presenting unique historical images hereto hidden in the archives of the College, the book brings forward the distinctive modern characteristics of the early 20th-century Shanghai Art College.

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zheng, Jane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS AND FIGURES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION1 Theorizing Multi-level Interactions that Influenced Chinese Art in Shanghai2 Theorizing the Role of the Art Education Institution in Nurturing Modern Shanghai Artists3 The Structure of the Book
PART 1. THE SHANGHAI ART COLLEGE IN THE FIELD OF PRIVATE ART SCHOOL IN SHANGHAI
CHAPTER 1. BEFORE 1913: A RESPONSE TO MARKET DEMAND-THE INCEPTION OF THE SHANGHAI ART COLLEGE
CHAPTER 2. STAGE ONE, JANUARY 1913 - JULY 1919: WINNING THE COMPETITION IN THE SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL ART MARKET1 Beating the Competition in the Shanghai Market2 The First Shift in School Goals: from Commercial Art to Aesthetic Art
CHAPTER 3. STAGE TWO, JULY 1919 - NOVEMBER 1928: THE AGE OF AESTHETIC EDUCATION1 Academic Art Education2 The Nude Model Incident3 The Campus Upheaval: Seeking Survival through the Sacrifice of Educational Ideals CHAPTER 4. STAGE THREE: RECONSTITUTING THE CAMPUS AFTER THE UPHEAVAL, NOVEMBER 1928 - JULY 19371 Economic Crisis in the 1930s Impacts the Art World2 The Second Shift in The Shanghai Art School’s Main Educational Goal: Changing from an Aesthetic Education Focus to the Pursuit of Patrons in Shanghai3 Art Education Programs as Cultural Capital for Fundraising Purposes
PART 2. ART EDUCATION AND ART AT THE SHANGHAI ART COLLEGE
CHAPTER 5. POPULARIZING AND INDIGENIZING THE ART FROM THE WEST1 Introducing Chinese Students to Western Painting Practices2 Embracing Various Cultural Elements3 Accessibility4 Western-style Painting at the College under Multi-cultural Influences
CHAPTER 6. TRANSPLANTING LITERATI PAINTING INSTRUCTION INTO THE MODERN ART SCHOOL SYSTEM1 Obeying the Official Order. The Initiation of Guohua Education in the College2 Literati Painting in College Education
CHAPTER 7. A BOOM IN “NEW-STYLE” RESEARCH ON ART-RELATED SUBJECTS1 Studying Applied Art2 The Research Initiatives in Chinese Art History and Theory
CHAPTER 8. FOSTERING ARTISTIC CREATIVITY IN THE COLLEGE’S ART EDUCATION1 The College’s Policy: Stimulating Student Initiative in Art Education2 The Creativity of Modern Literati Art in a Cross-Cultural and Inter-disciplinary Background3 “The New Literati Art” PART 3. ARTISTS AND ART AT THE SHANGHAI ART COLLEGE
CHAPTER 9. RELOCATING ARTISTS’ LEARNING AND TEACHING FROM THE PRIVATE TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN1 Institutionalizing Art Students’ Learning at the College2 Restructuring Teaching Styles and Techniques3 Reformulating Teaching Psychologies4 Enhancing Artists’ Working Capabilities through AdministrativePositions5 Art at the Margins of the Artist’s Public Role
CHAPTER 10. INTEGRATING ARTISTS INTO THE MAINSTREAM ECONOMY OF SOCIETY1 School Salary System: Drawing Artists into the Public EconomicSystem2 Raising Funds through Art Exhibitions
CHAPTER 11. THE NEW LADDER LEADING TO CELEBRITY1 The Short Cuts toward Celebrity2 Fame and the New Artistic Criteria
CHAPTER 12. WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN1 Calls for Modern Art Education for Women2 The “Goal of Women’s Art Education” at the College3 Women’s Art Practice at the College
CONCLUSION1 New Insights about Art Education in Republican China: Contributions to Filling the Four Research Gaps2 Towards a New Approach to Understanding the Modernization of Chinese Art in Shanghai3 Contributions to Clarifying Historical Confusions
FIGURESBIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Zheng, Jane
Jane Zheng is assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.