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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wangwright, Amanda, author.

Series:

Modern Asian art and visual culture ; Volume 7.

Modern Asian Art and Visual Culture ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity in art.

China--Social conditions--1912-1949.

China.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 153 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; 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:

Preliminary Material / Amanda Wangwright

The Golden Key of Art / Amanda Wangwright

A Beacon in the Distance / Amanda Wangwright

By Any Other Name / Amanda Wangwright

Nude Ambition / Amanda Wangwright

Embattled Careers / Amanda Wangwright

Under the Power of the Times / Amanda Wangwright

Endnotes / Amanda Wangwright

Bibliography / Amanda Wangwright

Index / Amanda Wangwright.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-44394-0

OCLC:

1264477805

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004443945 DOI