Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (1995) award
Tokiko Suzuki
すずき ときこ
Suzuki Tokiko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945-07-11 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan → London (Warburg Institute, study)
Career
- Occupations
- art historian, university professor, researcher
- Active Years
- 1969-
- Affiliations
- Meiji Gakuin University (Professor Emerita)
- Influenced By
- Aby Warburg, Ernst Gombrich
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of French Literature | 学士 | 1965-1969 | Japan |
| The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology | Master's course (Western Art History) | Western Art History | 修士 | 1972-1974 | Japan |
| Warburg Institute (London) | — | — | — | 1974-1976 | United Kingdom |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of French Literature
Degree:
学士
Period:
1965-1969
Year of Graduation:
1969
Country:
Japan
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
Master's course (Western Art History)
/ Western Art History
Degree:
修士
Period:
1972-1974
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
Japan
Completed master's course; left doctoral program after term
Warburg Institute (London)
Period:
1974-1976
Country:
United Kingdom
Study abroad / research stay
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Art Encouragement Prize (Newcomer) — Minister's Award (Criticism) | The Making of the Napoleon Legend: Another Face of 19th-Century French Art | 評論等部門 | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Art Encouragement Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Art Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award (Criticism) | The Embodiment of the French Revolution: A 200-Year Legacy Seen from Gender | 評論等部門 | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Art Encouragement Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Order of the Purple Ribbon | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
Art Encouragement Prize (Newcomer) — Minister's Award (Criticism)
1995
Work:
The Making of the Napoleon Legend: Another Face of 19th-Century French Art
Category:
評論等部門
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Art Encouragement Prize)
Result:
受賞
Art Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award (Criticism)
2012
Work:
The Embodiment of the French Revolution: A 200-Year Legacy Seen from Gender
Category:
評論等部門
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Art Encouragement Prize)
Result:
受賞
Order of the Purple Ribbon
2014
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
-
Edition 62 (2012) award
Works
Major Works
Jacques-Louis David: From Revolutionary Expressive to Chief Painter of the Emperor
1991 art historyA study of Jacques-Louis David's life and works, examining shifts in representation from the revolutionary period to the imperial era.
modern French artpolitics and representation
The Making of the Napoleon Legend: Another Face of 19th-Century French Art
1994 art history / cultural historyAnalyzes how the image of Napoleon was formed within 19th-century French art and culture from multiple perspectives.
Napoleon imagerymemory and representation19th-century France
The 'Modern' in French Painting: From Chardin to Manet
1995 art historyAn essay considering the formation of 'modernity' through French painting from Chardin to Manet.
modernityform and meaning in painting
The Embodiment of the French Revolution: A 200-Year Legacy Seen from Gender
2011 art history / gender studiesExamines bodily representations during the French Revolution, exploring memory and representation from a gendered perspective.
French Revolutionembodimentgender
Painters of the French Revolution: The Royalist Vigée Le Brun and the Revolutionary David
2020 art historyContrasts representative royalist and revolutionary painters to analyze artistic expression and political positions during the French Revolution.
royalists vs revolutionariesrepresentation and politics
Bibliography
- Jacques-Louis David: From Revolutionary Expressive to Chief Painter of the Emperor
- The Making of the Napoleon Legend: Another Face of 19th-Century French Art
- The 'Modern' in French Painting: From Chardin to Manet
- The Embodiment of the French Revolution: A 200-Year Legacy Seen from Gender
- Painters of the French Revolution: The Royalist Vigée Le Brun and the Revolutionary David
Translations by Author
- Gombrich, 'Aby Warburg: A Biography of an Intellectual Life' (co-translator)
- Kenneth Clark, 'Botticelli: Drawings from Collections' (co-translator)
- Nikolaus Pevsner, 'Studies in Art, Architecture and Design' (co-translator)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly and analytical styleinterweaves comparative cultural and gender perspectivesclear, evidence-based argumentation
- Recurring Motifs
- power and representationbody and memoryvisual culture of gender
Legacy
A scholar who helped introduce and establish perspectives on modern French art and gender studies in Japanese art history. Through teaching and research at Meiji Gakuin University she mentored many scholars and made significant contributions to studies of Napoleon imagery and the French Revolution.
Academic Societies
- Japan Art History Society
- Gender Studies Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (holds publications and related materials)
Trivia
- Not the same person as cooking researcher Tokiko Suzuki (鈴木登紀子).
- Her husband is architectural historian Hiroyuki Suzuki (鈴木博之).