The Making of a Modern Art World - Institutionalization and Legitimatization of Guohua in Republican Shanghai

The Making of A Modern Art World explores the institutionalisation and legitimisation of guohua in Republican Shanghai, aiming to reconstruct the operational logic and the stratified hierarchy of Shanghai's art world.

About the author

Pedith Pui Chan, Ph.D. (2009) at SOAS, University of London, is an Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has published articles on modern and contemporary Chinese art.

Product details

• Authors: Pedith Pui Chan
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2017
• EAN: 9789004338098
• ISBN: 978-90-04-33809-8
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 676 g
• Series: China Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history