Modan. La ville, le corps et le genre dans le Japon de l’entre-deux-guerres. Magazines the painter and collector Albert

the painter and collector Albert Maignan acquired an exceptional archaeological treasure: thirty-eight pieces of Renaissance jewelry that had just been discovered

Four fallen angels and three archangels are on stage at the moment of the creation of man

What could be more universal and shared than the feeling of love

monastic or cathedral

Modan. La ville, le corps et le genre dans le Japon de l’entre-deux-guerres. Magazines the painter and collector AlbertBetween the second half of the 1920s and the early 1930s, modan, or Japanese modernism, revolutionized urban culture and lifestyles in Japan. Modan (from the English modern) denoted the height of novelty in a post traditional world influenced by capitalism. Modan left its mark on art, architecture, literature, and philosophy. But thanks to mass media, it also infused the daily lives of the emerging middle class. It was embodied in avant garde thinking