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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Asia Society ; in association with Yale University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York : New Haven : |
Publication Dates: | [2008] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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 / |