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Meiji at 150

Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld (Duke University) Weisenfeld, Gennifer; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Weisenfeld depicts how Japanese avant-garde artists responded to the structures and institutions of modern art constructed during the Meiji Period, as well as their destruction in the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake. We discuss artistic reactions to modernity, the visual culture of civil air defense in wartime Japan, ties between visual culture and the nation-state, and the graphic design of Japanese corporate advertising.

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Title
Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld (Duke University)
AlternateTitle
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 62
Creator
Weisenfeld, Gennifer; Grunow, Tristan
DateIssued
2018-09-21
Description
In this episode, Dr. Weisenfeld depicts how Japanese avant-garde artists responded to the structures and institutions of modern art constructed during the Meiji Period, as well as their destruction in the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake. We discuss artistic reactions to modernity, the visual culture of civil air defense in wartime Japan, ties between visual culture and the nation-state, and the graphic design of Japanese corporate advertising.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; visual art; modern art; Great Kanto Earthquake; modernity
GeographicLocation
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
DateAvailable
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
IsShownAt
10.14288/1.0415955
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81948
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
PeerReviewStatus
Unreviewed
ScholarlyLevel
Faculty
RightsURI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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