The golden key : modern women artists and gender negotiations in Republican China (1911-1949) / by Amanda Wangwright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wangwright, Amanda, author.

Series:

Modern Asian art and visual culture ; v. 7.

Modern Asian art and visual culture, 2214-5257 ; volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women artists--China--History--Biography.

Women artists.

Women artists--China--History and criticism--20th century.

Gender identity in art--History--20th century.

Gender identity in art.

Nude in art--History--20th century.

Nude in art.

History.

China--Social conditions--1912-1949.

China.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 153 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2021.

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. A beacon in the distance

2. By any other name

3. Nude ambition

4. Embattled careers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9789004441903

9004441905

OCLC:

1223496401

Publisher Number:

99986122815