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East Asian Art and American Culture (Hardcover, New)
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East Asian Art and American Culture (Hardcover, New)
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This is a beautifully illustrated book and a lively, entertaining,
illuminating discussion of the contribution and effects of East
Asian art on American culture. Warren Cohen portrays the assembling
of the great American collections of East Asian art, public and
private, and the idiosyncrasies of the collectors. Particular
attention is focused on how this art became part of the cultural
consciousness of the people of the United States, transforming
their culture into something more complex than the Western
civilization their ancestors brought from Europe. Cohen tells of
art collectors, dealers, and historians, of museums and their
curators, of art and imperialism, art and politics, art as an
instrument of foreign policy. One of America's leading diplomatic
historians, Cohen views art as an important part of international
relations. He describes the use of art in "cultural diplomacy" to
implement policy by China, Japan, and the United States. He argues
that "virtually every act in the movement of art between cultures
has political implications". The book demonstrates how art
collecting interacts with the shifting rhythms of international
politics and the business cycle. The recent decline in American
economic power, with Japan emerging preeminent, was first obvious
in the art world where American collectors found themselves unable
to compete with their Japanese and Hong Kong counterparts and
watched great works begin to move back across the Pacific.
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