Twentieth-Century Japanese and Chinese Visual Culture (Studies in Asian Art, FA 184a), taught by Professor Aida Yuen Wong, examines the role of tradition in twentieth-century Japanese and Chinese visual culture. It investigates how inherited practices have been invoked and transformed in Asian modernism. A variety of media will be considered: painting, print and book illustrations, calligraphy, and film.

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• Basic Search and Research Guides for Art at Brandeis
• Search Strategies for Asian Art
• Specialized Subject Terms for Research and Online Searching
• Romanization Quicksand for Chinese Names and Terms in Online Searches
• Basic Electronic Resources for Researching Asian Art
• Finding Exhibition Catalogs in LOUIS
• Finding Exhibition Catalogs Not Held by Brandeis
• Finding Reviews of Exhibitions
• Printed Reference Sources
• Key Periodicals Dealing with Asian and Chinese Art
• Citing Sources
• Links to Important Organizations, Museums, and Galleries Dealing with Chinese Art
• Chinese Pronunciation Guides

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QuickStart Guide: Art, Architecture & Photography

Guide to Research in Art, Architecture & Photography

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• For keyword searches, remember to search both the noun and adjective or use the truncation sign (when possible) for geographical terms:
• • (china or chinese) or chin?
  • (japan or japanese) or japan?
  • (asia or asian) or asia?
• Other essential synonyms for keyword searches:
• • (film or cinema or motion pictures) or (film or cinema or motion)
  • (feminist or feminism or women) or (feminis? or women)

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Art and motion pictures -- China	--
Art, Chinese -- 20th century	Art, Chinese -- China -- Hong Kong -- 20th century
Art, Chinese -- Taiwan.	Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- History
Calligraphy, Chinese -- History -- 20th century	China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Posters
Installations (Art) -- Taiwan -- Exhibitions	-
Motion pictures -- China	Motion pictures -- China -- Hong Kong
Motion pictures -- China	Motion pictures -- China -- History
Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- China	Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- China
Motion pictures, Chinese -- Social aspects	Motion pictures -- East Asia
--	Painting, Chinese -- Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
Painting, Chinese -- 20th century	Painting -- China -- Shanghai.
-	Painting -- Political aspects -- China
-	Political posters, Chinese -- Exhibitions
Socialist realism in art -- China	Video art
Women in motion pictures	Wood-engraving, Chinese -- 20th century -- Catalogs

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Form on Item	Library of Congress Form
Title: The paintings of Chang Dai-chien	Subject heading: Chang, Ta-ch'ien; Grove Art Online: Zhang Daqian
Title: The Lingnan (Cantonese) School of Painting	Subject heading: Ling-nan school of painting
Subject heading (LOUIS): Mao Zedong	Subject heading (BHA): Mao Tse-tung

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Grove Art Online (electronic art dictionary)

Electronic, full-text version of the 34-vol. Dictionary of Art, with continuous updating of content and thousands of image links to art works.

Key articles:

• China
• Japan

Detailed and often extremely important articles appear under terms, political figures who impacted art, and various geographical locations, such as:

• Mao Zedong
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan

How to locate images:

• Enter artist's name into search box -- click go.
• Select article on artist from the results list.
• After article appears, click on Links directly under the search box.
• Links to individual artworks are found under Works, arranged in alphabetical order by the holding institution.
• Note: when clicked, the links connect directly with the museum or image site in a new window.

Art Abstracts (article abstracts and citations)

Search here for citations to articles in a variety of art journals from 1984 to the present.

BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art) (citations)

Search here for citations to articles in academic art journals, articles within collections of essays (conference proceedings, festschrifts, etc.), and academic books covering topics in art history.

Bibliography of Asian Studies (citations)

Search here for citations to western-language monographs, articles, and book chapters on the social sciences and humanities pertaining to all parts of Asia, 1971 to present.

Academic Search Premier (full text articles and article citations)

Journal article database for ALL subjects; includes citations for many art journals and full-text for some. Coverage is very current--particularly useful for locating information on current or recent exhibitions, trendy or controversial topics, articles in newspapers such as the New York Times, etc. LOUIS provides links to journal titles with full text (often with limited coverage). In searches, put quotes around expressions, such as "Museum of Modern Art" or "New York."

JSTOR (selected full text journals)

Provides full-text access to over 100 scholarly journals from many disciplines up to the most recent 2-5 years. Presently includes these art/architecture titles that include Asian art:

• Art Bulletin 1919-2000
• Art Journal 1960-2000
• Burlington Magazine 1903-1998
• Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 1937-1998
• October 1976-1998

Before searching, be sure to check Art & Art History under SELECT DISCIPLINES OR JOURNALS. (This includes the architecture titles as well.)

JSTOR also includes several major journals on Asian studies (Modern China, Modern Asian Studies, etc.)

So, when searching, you may want to check both Art & Art History AND Asian Studies under SELECT DISCIPLINES OR JOURNALS.

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• Almost every bibliographic record for an exhibition catalog will include the subject word Exhibitions:

  Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- Exhibitions

  Chao, Shao-ang, 1905- -- Exhibitions

  Ling-nan school of painting -- Exhibitions

• In addition, almost every bibliographic record for an exhibition catalog will include a description of the exhibition--and this description includes the searchable word exhibition:

  Published on the occasion of the exhibition: The art of Chao Shao-an, April 16-June 15, 1997.

  Published in conjunction with the exhibition Canceled ; exhibiting experimental art in China, November 19, 2000-January 7, 2001.

• To find an exhibition catalog focused on an artist, a particular topic, or a particular museum or collection, perform a keyword search that includes the artist's name, the name of the museum, or the topic word or words AND the search word exhibition? -- this truncation will search for both the descriptive word exhibition and the subject word exhibitions.
• Caveat: do not use the word exhibit (or exhibits) in your search--it might get a few results, but it is not used consistently in bibliographic records for exhibition catalogs.
• So, to find all the Chinese art exhibition catalogs at Brandeis, perform this LOUIS keyword search:

• art chin? exhibition?

• To find all the exhibition catalogs of Chinese art at Metropolitan Museum of Art held by Brandeis, perform this LOUIS keyword search:

• chin? metropolitan exhibition?

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• Search in the same manner as for LOUIS.
• Brandeis icons will indicate which of the catalogs are held by Brandeis.
• To find out which institutions hold a catalog, click on the Libraries button.

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ArtIndex

• Use to search art periodicals.
• Format searches as for LOUIS and WorldCat.

LexisNexis Academic

• Use to search for the full-text of reviews in newspapers, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, etc.
• Coverage is extremely current.
• Fill in the required boxes as:
  • Step One -- News category: Arts & Sports News
  • Step Two -- Select a news source: Entertainment news
  • Step Three -- Enter search terms: select Full Text
  • For searches, use key terms from the title of the exhibition and the museum holding the exhibition.
  • In searches, put quotes around expressions, such as "Museum of Modern Art" or "New York".
  • Step Four -- Select the appropriate date range based on when the exhibition was held.

Academic Search Premier

• Use to search for full-text articles and citations in a wide range of journals -- coverage can be very current.
• Format searches as for LOUIS and WorldCat.
• In searches, put quotes around expressions, such as "Museum of Modern Art" or "New York".

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Encyclopedia of Chinese Film

Main Reference PN 1993.5 .C4Z53 1998

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Archives of Asian Art
Published by the Asia Society, New York."The Asia Society is one of the world's foremost institutions dedicated to building bridges of understanding between Americans and Asians. Founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd.
Stacks N11.C33 A3

Arts of Asia
"The foremost international Asian arts and antiques magazine." Published by Arts of Asia Publications Ltd., Hong Kong.
Stacks NX 572 .A75

Artibus Asiae
Was associated with the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; from 1991, published by Museum Rietberg Zurich, in cooperation with the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Stacks N 8 A75

Asian Art and Culture (earlier title: Asian Art)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Ceased with vol. 9 (1996). Vols. 1-6 (1987/8-1993) have title Asian Art.
Stacks N 5343 .A842

Oriental Art
Editorial board made up of some of the leading Asian art historians and curators in the U.S. and Great Britain.
Stacks: N 8 .D75

Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
Not held by Brandeis, but contents of all issues can be viewed at http://www.yishujournal.com. Articles could be ordered through Interlibrary Loan. Began publication in 2002.

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Online Style Guide

Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources within Your Paper (Duke University)

Citing Articles from Grove Art Online

Ralph Croizier, "Xu Beihong," (rev. 30 January 2002), Grove Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 4 February 2004).

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• Asia Society: Arts and Culture
• The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of Asian Art
• Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
• Chinese Contemporary
  Chinese Contemporary is the only art gallery in the UK devoted exclusively to exhibiting the work of contemporary artists from mainland China.
• China Avant-Garde
  "China Avant-Garde specializes in assisting private and corporate collectors in every aspect of acquiring Chinese contemporary art." The gallery has locations in Beijing and New York.
• China Collection
  "An online database of images and information relating to contemporary Chinese art and culture that originates from the Robert A. Heffner III Collection of Contemporary Chinese Painting, recognized as the most important private collection illustrating the development of Chinese art following the Cultural Revolution."
• Chinese Art.com
  "An information-packed site featuring both traditional and contemporary Chinese art. Includes features on individual artists, editorials and reviews, as well as a calendar of events world-wide, a bookshop and links to international galleries representing Chinese art." LINK BROKEN 2/4/04
• Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
  "A major community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 to foster the understanding and appreciation of Chinese and Chinese American art, history, and culture in the United States."
• Cleveland Museum of Art: Asian Art
  
• CourtYard Gallery
  Beijing-based gallery representing avant-garde art from Chinese and International artists.
• Freer Gallery of Art / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
  The galleries have one of the strongest collections of Asian art in the world.
• The Hong Kong Museum of Art
  
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)--Asian Art
  
• National Palace Museum, Taiwan
  
• Plum Blossoms
  Contemporary Chinese art gallery with locations in Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York.
• Red Gate Gallery (Beijing)
  "Since 1991 Red Gate Gallery has been exhibiting work by outstanding contemporary Chinese artists. With 22 artists represented, the diverse media reflects the artists' awareness and interest in China's changing society. As records of their observations on daily life, artists are exploring issues such as gender, population, and the environment, all highly relevant in our global society. Through traditional Chinese painting, collage, lithographs and oil painting Red Gate's artists are supplying a social commentary on the political, economical and cultural transformations within contemporary Chinese society."
• Schoeni Art Gallery Ltd (Hong Kong)
  "Established in 1992 and it has been successfully representing various artists from mainland China, whose work range from Neo-Realism to Post-Modernism."
• Shangart
  A large representation of the best of avant-garde Chinese art from one of Shanghai's most recognized galleries.
• Singapore Art Museum
  
• Yibo Gallery
  Shanghai gallery representing a broad range of well-known Chinese artists producing contemporary and avant-garde work.

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• Pronunciation Guide/Glossary (The Golden Age of Chines Archaeology, National Gallery of Art)

  Includes audio.

• Pinyin Pronunciation Guide
• Guide to Pronunciation of Standard Pinyin Transcription of Chinese

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