A century in crisis: modernity and tradition in the art of twentieth-century China

Abstract

"Between 1850 and today, China has undergone an unprecedented series of shocks and transformations. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Guggenheum Museum, this book systematically explores 150 years of artistic production in China."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction. A century in crisis : tradition and modernity in the art of twentieth-century China / Julia F. Andrews ; China's modern worlds / Jonathan Spence -- Innovations in Chinese painting, 1850-1950. Painting of China's new metropolis : the Shanghai School, 1850-1900 / Shan Guolin ; The Lingnan School and its followers : radical innovation in southern China / Christine Chu ; Traditional painting in a transitional era, 1900-1950 / Kuiyi Shen ; Chinese calligraphy in the modern era / Xue Yongnian -- The modernist generations, 1920-1950. Reforms in educaiton and the beginning of the western-style painting movement in China / Mayching Kao ; The lure of the West : modern Chinese oil painting / Kuiyi Shen ; Commercial art and China's modernization / Julia F. Andrews ; The modern woodcut movement / Julia F. Andrews and Kuiyi Shen -- Art for new China, 1950-1980. The victory of socialist realism : oil painting and the new Guohua / Julia F. Andrews -- Transformations of tradition, 1980 to the present. Chinese painting in the post-Mao era / Julia F. Andrews and Kuiyi Shen.