Painters in Hanoi : : An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art / / Nora Annesley Taylor.

Painting has played a significant role in modern Vietnam. Postage stamps, billboards, and annual national exhibitions attest to its fundamental place in a country where painters may be hailed as national heroes and include among their number fervent nationalists, propagandists, even dissidents. As V...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.) :; 40 illus., 38 in color
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction Sketches of Vietnamese Painting
  • 2. Orientalists or Occidentalists? “Indochinese” Artists under Colonialism
  • 3. National Heroes and Artistic Heroes Artists under the Revolution
  • 4. Bui Xuan Phai and the Modern Masters of Vietnamese Painting
  • 5. Postwar Artists and Reformers
  • 6. Women Artists
  • 7. The Hanoi Art Market and the Global Artist
  • 8. Conclusion Past and Present in the Hanoi Art World
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author