Regionalism

Japanese: regionalism
Regionalism

…The former was mainly set in New York, and included Joseph Stella, Charles Sheeler, and Davis, who celebrated modern civilization, using the Brooklyn Bridge and high-rise buildings as motifs, while the latter included Reginald Marsh, who captured the everyday scenes of the urban underclass, Hopper, who depicted loneliness and alienation, and Shahn, who maintained a social realist stance. Regionalism, advocated by Benton, Grant Wood (1892-1942), and John Steuart Curry (1897-1946), who continued to paint the vast rural landscapes of the Midwest, also represents a realistic lineage. They believed that the Midwest was the spiritual home of America and continued to take an anti-European modernist stance. …

From Benton

…A representative painter of American Regionalism in the 1930s. Born in Neosho, Missouri. …

From [Regionalism]

...It is translated as regionalism. It is a way of thinking that respects the autonomy and independence of regions in comparison with the center or the whole. Regionalism is discussed in various fields such as politics, administration, economics, and culture, so its meaning is ambiguous. Furthermore, the scope of a region cannot be determined unequivocally. Within a nation-state, there are cases where a region is an issue in a narrow or broad sense, but there are also cases where a region is viewed on a level that integrates several nation-states. [Kiyonari Tadao]
[Overview]
The British E.W. Gilbert summarizes the traditional usage of the concept of regionalism as follows:

*Some explanations of terms that mention "regionalism" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…前者の舞台になったのは主としてニューヨークで,ブルックリン橋や高層建築をモティーフとして,近代文明を謳歌するステラJoseph Stella,シーラーCharles Sheeler,大都市のバイタリティを抽出したデービスがおり,後者には都会の底辺の日常の光景をとらえたマーシュReginald Marsh,孤独と疎外を描いたホッパー,ソーシャル・リアリズムsocial realismの立場を貫いたシャーンがいる。また,中西部の広大な農村風景を描きつづけたベントン,ウッドGrant Wood(1892‐1942),カリーJohn Steuart Curry(1897‐1946)などの提唱したリージョナリズムRegionalism(地方主義)も写実的な系列を代表する。彼らは中西部こそアメリカの心のふるさとだとして,反ヨーロッパ・モダニズムの姿勢をとりつづけた。…

【ベントン】より

…1930年代アメリカのリージョナリズムRegionalism(地方主義)の代表的画家。ミズーリ州ニオーショ生れ。…

【リージョナリズム】より

…地域主義と訳される。中央あるいは全体に対して,地域regionの主体性,自治性を尊重する考え方。政治,行政,経済,文化等々さまざまな領域で地域主義が論じられるので,その意味するところは多義的である。また地域の範囲も一義的に確定できない。国民国家の内部で,狭域的・広域的に地域が問題になる場合もあるが,いくつかの国民国家を統合した次元で地域をとらえる場合もある。【清成 忠男】
[概観]
 イギリスのE.W.ギルバートは,リージョナリズム(地域主義)という概念の従来の使用例を次のように整理している。…

※「regionalism」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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