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Art and China's revolution /

Takes an in-depth look at the period between the 1950s and 1970s, focusing on the formation of a new visual culture and how it was given priority over artistic traditions such as ink painting. This was part of a broader national program to modernize China, and it had a great impact on artists and th...

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Main Authors: Chiu, Melissa
Corporate Authors: Asia Society.
Group Author: Zheng, Sheng Tian, 1938-
Published: Asia Society ; in association with Yale University Press,
Publisher Address: New York : New Haven :
Publication Dates: [2008]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
1900-1999
1950-2000.
Art, Chinese > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Socialist realism in art > China > Exhibitions.
Art chinois > 20e siècle > Expositions.
Réalisme socialiste dans l'art > Chine > Expositions.
20.41 Asian art: general.
Art, Chinese > Exhibitions. > 20th century.
Art, Chinese.
Socialist realism in art.
Kulturrevolution > China
Kunst.
Visual arts.
Cultural revolution.
Kinesisk konst > historia > 1900-talet > utställningar.
Kulturrevolutionen, Kina, 1966-1976.
China > History > Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 > Art and the revolution > Exhibitions.
China > Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. > History.
China.
China > Kulturrevolution.
Ausstellung.
New York (NY, 2008)
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Exhibitions (form)
Catalogues d'exposition.
Summary: Takes an in-depth look at the period between the 1950s and 1970s, focusing on the formation of a new visual culture and how it was given priority over artistic traditions such as ink painting. This was part of a broader national program to modernize China, and it had a great impact on artists and their work.
Item Description: Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Asia Society in New York held Sept. 5, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009.
Carrier Form: xi, 259 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 33 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-249) and index.
ISBN: 9780300140644
0300140649
9780878481088
0878481087
Index Number: N7345
CLC: J120.97-28
Call Number: J120.97-28/C543
Contents: Introduction: the art of Mao's revolution /
Art and revolution: looking back at thirty years of history /
The cultural revolution /
Politics in command: Chinese art, 1949 -- 1979 /
Noble winds and strong bones meet their spirit: the art of Pan Tianshou /
Thunder sounding amid the silence /
Painting Mao /
Chen Yanning's Chairman Mao Inspects the Guangdong Countryside /
Xu Bing: artist notes /
Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan: a conversation with the artist Liu Chunhua /
The fate of painting /
Propaganda posters and art during the cultural revolution /
A pictorial record of the cultural revolution: Luo Zhongli's early works /
No name group: contemporary recluses --
the Bo Yi's and Shu Qi's of the cultural revolution /
The Red Guard's fine arts campaign /
Long march on the road of revolution /

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