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PAINTERS IN HANOI: An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art.
by TAYLOR, Nora A
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Honolulu [2004], Univ. Hawaii. Black cloth, very firm, 176p. index, bibliography, appendix of artists names, biographical info., 40 color plates, an excellent copy, dust jacket, 18 x 25.5 cm. bright "like new" copy. FIRST EDITION One of the first and modern studies of Vietnamese painters with a scholarly approach. This work surveys the impact of Vietnamese painters from the North have had on intellectual life. The influence of tension, politics, favoritism, tourism and the international art market on the artists. . The role of the government, rise and fall of favored or un-favored artists, gender, national identity. Innovative perspective on Hanoi artist life and works. . * The author has made use of oral history and ethnographic interviews with painters and intellectuals to refigure Vietnamese art history around local rather than Western and nationalist preoccupations with art in Vietnam. . An original study, with excellent insights and value for any collector or museum. . *** .
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- PAINTERS IN HANOI: An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art.
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- TAYLOR, Nora A
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- Southeast Asia: Eclectic Items On Countries, Cultures & Subjects; ; Vietnam: Cochin-china, Tonkin, French-indo China: All Related; Vietnamese Paintings: All Media: On Silk, Paper, Oil Or Lacquer;
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