The Rise of Art Exhibitions and Their Value for Social

Aesthetic Education in the Republic of China

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10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_88How to use a DOI?

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in the Republic of China; art exhibitions; social; aesthetic education

Abstract

In China, art exhibitions in the modern sense began to flourish in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. The publicized and socialized nature of such art exhibitions broke the phenomenon of Chinese Traditional Fine Arts being s among the upper classes. It allowed ordinary people to enjoy the opportunity to appreciate works of art. This art-culture trend was the precursor of social, aesthetic education, and public aesthetic education in the Republic of China. Taking the folk art exhibition activities of the Republic of China between 1912 and 1937 as an object, this paper the developing context of art exhibition activities and mechanisms during this period and divides them into four periods in light of the purpose and nature of the exhibitions: 1912–1918——the period when displays came into the public life; 1919–1928——the period of development of collections; and 1929–1937——maturity period marked by the emergence of the exhibition mechanism; and 1937–1949——innovation stage of “saving the country with art exhibitions.“ On this basis, it attempted to explore the social and aesthetic value generated by art exhibitions in different periods of the Republic of China in a social and cultural context.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jia Zhong
AU  - Shaozong Hu
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/31
TI  - The Rise of Art Exhibitions and Their Value for Social
BT  - Proceedings of the  2023 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 780
EP  - 789
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_88
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_88
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