Art and artists of twentieth-century China

Abstract

This visually stunning book focuses on the rebirth of Chinese art in the twentieth century under the influence of Western art and culture. Sullivan discusses artists and their work against China's background of oppression and relaxation, despair and hope.

Contents

pt. 1, 1900-1937: The impact of the West. Traditional painting ; The revolution in Chinese art ; The call of the West ; Centers of modern art ; The Lingnan School ; The new art movement ; Leading masters between the wars ; The woodcut movement -- pt. 2, 1937-1949: War and civil war. The flight to the West ; From peace to liberation ; Cartoon and caricature -- pt. 3, 1949-1976: Aart in the era of Mao Zedong. Liberation ; Art for society ; Art from the people: peasants and workers ; The Cultural Revolution -- pt. 4: Other currents. Sculpture ; Modern graphics ; Art in Taiwan ; Art in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia ; Expatriate artists: World War II and after -- Pt 5: Art enters a new era. Winter gives way to Spring ; The 1980s: new directions ; Guohua reborn again ; The new wave ; Tiananmen and beyond.