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OverviewWomen, Gender and Art in Asia, c. 1500–1900 brings women's engagements with art into a pan-Asian dialogue with essays that examine women as artists, commissioners, collectors, and subjects from India, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan, from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The artistic media includes painting, sculpture, architecture, textiles, and photography. The book is broadly concerned with four salient questions: How unusual was it for women to engage directly with art? What factors precluded more women from doing so? In what ways did women's artwork or commissions differ from those of men? And, what were the range of meanings for woman as subject matter? The chapters deal with historic individuals about whom there is considerable biographical information. Beyond locating these uncommon women within their socio-cultural milieux, contributors consider the multiple strands that twined to comprise their complex identities, and how these impacted their works of art. In many cases, the woman's status-as wife, mother, widow, ruler, or concubine (and multiple combinations thereof), as well as her religion and lineage-determined the media, style, and content of her art. Women, Gender and Art in Asia, c. 1500–1900 adds to our understanding of works of art, their meanings, and functions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: MeliaBelli BosePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 1.088kg ISBN: 9781472464262ISBN 10: 1472464265 Pages: 372 Publication Date: 11 July 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Queens, Courtesans, and Collectors: Women’s Engagement with Art in Asia Melia Belli Bose PART 1 Matrons, Art, and Power 1 Mapping Holkar Identity and the Good Name of Ahilyabai Cathleen Cummings 2 Royal Matronage and a Visual Vocabulary of Indian Queenship: Ahilyabai Holkar’s Memorial Commissions Melia Belli Bose 3 Heavenly Mistress and Bodhisattva: Visualizing the Divine Identities of Two Empresses in Ming China (1368–1644) Luk Yu-Ping 4 A Very “Modern” Matron: Phra Rachaya Dara Rasami as Promoter and Preserver of Lan Na Culture in Early Twentieth-century Siam Leslie Woodhouse PART II Women’s Work and Working Women 5 Imagining Du Liniang in The Peony Pavilion: Female Painters, Self-portraiture, and Paintings of Beautiful Women in Late Ming China Lara C.W. Blanchard 6 Creating Art in Japan’s Imperial Buddhist Convents: Devotional Practice and Cultural Pastime Patricia Fister 7 Women’s Work: Phulkari, Flora Annie Steel, and Collecting Textiles in British India Cristin McKnight Sethi PART III Depicting the Exemplary Woman 8. Defining a Woman: The Painting of Sin Saimdang Sunglim Kim 9 Properly Female: Illustrated Books of Morals for Women in Edo Japan Elizabeth Lillehoj 10 Absence and Presence: Representations of Human and Non-human Females in Tibetan Thangkas Serinity Young PART IV Gender in Liminal Spaces 11 Reconsidering Gender Realms: The Garden as Site and Setting in Late Imperial Shanghai Kristen Chiem 12 Women Who Crossed the Cordon Ikumi Kaminishi 13 A Multi-gendered Scandal: The Survival of the Prostitute Meme, Asazuma Boat Miriam Wittles IndexReviews...A rich volume, packed with original analyses, often of artists or artworks that have not received much (or any) attention to date. It is also the first edited volume to look at the question of gender in Asian art as a whole. This volume will make an important contribution to the fields of gender studies as well as Asian art. Deborah Hutton, The College of New Jersey, USA """...A rich volume, packed with original analyses, often of artists or artworks that have not received much (or any) attention to date. It is also the first edited volume to look at the question of gender in Asian art as a whole. This volume will make an important contribution to the fields of gender studies as well as Asian art."" Deborah Hutton, The College of New Jersey, USA" '... a rich volume, packed with original analyses, often of artists or artworks that have not received much (or any) attention to date. It is also the first edited volume to look at the question of gender in Asian art as a whole ... will make an important contribution to the fields of gender studies as well as Asian art.' Deborah Hutton, The College of New Jersey, USA Author InformationMelia Belli Bose is Assistant Professor of Asian Art History at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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