Japanese Art – Transcultural Perspectives

Download or read book Japanese Art – Transcultural Perspectives written by Melanie Trede and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-11-28 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transcultural approach to Japanese art history embraced by the contributors to this volume centers on the dynamic aesthetic, artistic, and conceptual negotiations across cultural, temporal, and spatial boundaries. It not only acknowledges material objects, people, and technologies as agents, but also intangible practices such as knowledge and concepts as vital agencies of interaction in transcultural processes. With its premise on connectivity, trans-territoriality, networks, and their transformative potential, this research destabilizes categorical configurations such as “center vs. periphery” and “high vs. low,” calling into question the classical canon of Japanese art history.