Name
BRADEL, Sabine Sophia
Degree
Ph.D. in Art History
Status
Assistant Professor
Research Topic
Technological innovation-centrism in art historiography and the significance of “continuity” in mid-Edo period ukiyo-e
Even today, Edo period woodblock prints and paintings (ukiyo-e) are evaluated according to art historical conventions that prioritise technological innovation over the continuity of established modes of expression. Yet innovation is neither a spontaneous phenomenon nor immediately accessible to everyone. Focusing on the artists behind the innovation-centric canon, my research explores the significance of artistic continuity in times of technological transition to point out misattributions in art historiography that continue to affect our understanding of ukiyo-e to this day.
Education and Academic Employment
Education
| 2014-2016 | The University of Tokyo, Japan; Postgraduate research student, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology (department for Art History) |
| 2012-2024 | University of Zurich, Switzerland; Doctoral course, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Institute of Art History, section for Asian Art) |
| 2008-2009 | Sophia University, Japan; Graduate exchange student, Graduate School of Global Studies |
| 2005-2011 | University of Trier, Germany; Magister artium programme, Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Media Studies (Japanology, Art History, English Language and Literary Studies) |
Academic Employment
| 2024-2025 | Scientific collaborator, Kupferstich-Kabinett Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany (short-term project collaborator) |
| 2023-2024 | Instructor, Institute of Art History, department for East Asian Art, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2023-2024 | Scientific collaborator, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland |
| 2020-2022 | Instructor, Institute of Art History, department for East Asian Art, University of Zurich |
| 2017-2020 | Instructor and academic assistant, Institute of Art History, section for Asian Art, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2012-2014 | Instructor and academic assistant, Institute of Art History, section for Asian Art, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
Fields of Research Interests
Ukiyo-e, history of printing, art historiography, art and identity
Academic Publications
- Bradel, Sabine S.: Forms of femininity: Suzuki Harunobu’s early career development and the gendering of style, 1760–1765. University of Zurich, 2024.
- Bradel, Sabine: “Utagawa Hiroshige. Triptyque. Procession vers le sanctuaire de Benzai-ten à Enoshima, dans la province de Sagami, vers 1851”, 35 Oeuvres Emblématiques, Musée Jenisch Vevey, pp.15-16, 2023.
- Bradel, Sabine: “Suzuki Harunobu”, Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Bradel, Sabine: “Ōnishi Hiroshi: Landscape (1996)”, Hiroshi Onishi. Bluescapes. Escapement Art Gallery, pp. 6-7, 2021.
- Bradel, Sabine: “Yakusha-e kara bijin-ga e: ‘Harunobu musume’ seiritsu o megutte” [“From yakusha-e to bijin-ga: On the development of the ‘Harunobu musume’”], Tenth Kansai University EU–Japanology International Workshop, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, pp. 75-82, 2018.
- Bradel, Sabine: “Of brocades and heroes. Variations of Japanese color woodblock prints”, Monet, Gauguin, van Gogh … Japanese Inspirations, Museum Folkwang, Essen, pp. 38-153, 2013.
- Bradel, Sabine: “Japanische Holzschnitte in der Sammlung Hahnloser”, Bonnard, Vallotton, Vuillard im Bann des Japanischen Holzschnitts. Trägerverein Flora, Winterthur, pp. 31-41, 2013.
- Bradel, Sabine: “Surimono: Höchste Qualität und Sorgfalt“, Szenen aus der Fließenden Welt. Meisterwerke des Japanischen Farbholzschnitts. Brakensiek, Stephan and Andrea Wandschneider (eds.), DruckVerlag Kettler Bönen and Universitätsbibliothek Trier, pp. 265-279, 2007.
- Bradel, Sabine: Various print analyses, Graphik als Spiegel der Malerei. Meisterwerke der Reproduktionsgraphik 1500-1850. Brakensiek, Stephan and Michel Polfer (eds), Publications du Musée National d‘Histoire et d’Art Luxembourg, pp. 112f, 180f, 192f, 204f, 256f, 2009.
Other Interests
Visiting museums, hiking
Affiliated Academic Organizations
European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA)
Japan Art History Forum (JAHF)
European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
