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Ivory and the aesthetics of modernity in Meiji Japan / Martha Chaiklin, Independent Scholar, USA.

Title
  1. Ivory and the aesthetics of modernity in Meiji Japan / Martha Chaiklin, Independent Scholar, USA.
Published by
  1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Author
  1. Chaiklin, Martha, 1960-

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Description
  1. ix, 122 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  1. 1800 - 1899
  2. ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
  3. Ivory carving > Japan
  4. Aesthetics, Japanese > 19th century
  5. Art and society > Japan > History > 19th century
  6. ART / Asian
  7. HISTORY / Asia / Japan
  8. HISTORY / Modern / General
  9. Aesthetics, Japanese
  10. Art and society
  11. Ivory carving
  12. Japan
Genre/Form
  1. History
  2. History.
Contents
  1. 1. Art, Ivory and the Meiji Period: An Introduction -- 2. The Curiosity Shop: The Forces of Capitalism -- 3. Transformations of the Craftsman -- 4. Individualism, Orthodoxy and the Evolution of Ivory Carving as Sculpture -- 5. Ivory after Meiji: A Conclusion.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-118) and index.
Processing action (note)
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