Constructing Japan : Knowledge Production and Identity Building in Late Nineteenth-Century Western Architectural Discourses (1853-1900) /
The influence of Japanese art and culture on art in late 19th-century Europe and America through collections of objects and knowledge transfer is already recognised. However, the research in this field often neglects architecture. This study takes a new approach, placing architecture at the centre....
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2025.
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Brill Studies in Architectural and Urban History ;
3.
Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
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Call Number: NA645
| Summary: | The influence of Japanese art and culture on art in late 19th-century Europe and America through collections of objects and knowledge transfer is already recognised. However, the research in this field often neglects architecture. This study takes a new approach, placing architecture at the centre. Through in-depth analysis of contemporary textual and visual sources, Beate Löffler shows how western actors from different backgrounds interpreted Japanese architecture as they experienced it, either face-to-face or via texts and images. It unveils a complex process of appropriation and rejection, of claim to interpretive sovereignty, and fascination with the foreign, that led to both new knowledge and cultural clichés. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (594 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004724174 |