I was very surprised to learn that Chinese art was key in changing the American definition of what art is, and how much of that influence was from American’s lack of distinction between Chinese and Japanese objects. I’d like to think that the U.S. was founded and built through mistakes, but that’s beside the point….
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It was very surprising to learn that Chinese art/objects were key in changing the American definition of what art should be. At first, Americans during the Victorian era believed that “fine art conveyed … a seemingly transparent message of morality”, and even had a hard time “separating aesthetic categories from value judgments” (73). When Chinese…
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