Art in turmoil : the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-76 /
"Forty years after the Cultural Revolution, Art in Turmoil revisits the visual and performing arts of the period - the paintings, propaganda posters, political cartoons, sculpture, folk arts, private sketchbooks, opera, and ballet. Probing deeply, it examines what these vibrant, militant, often...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | King, Richard, 1951 February 5- Croizier, Ralph C. Watson, Scott, 1950- Zheng, Sheng Tian, 1938- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010] |
| Series: | Contemporary Chinese studies.
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| Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
| Summary: | "Forty years after the Cultural Revolution, Art in Turmoil revisits the visual and performing arts of the period - the paintings, propaganda posters, political cartoons, sculpture, folk arts, private sketchbooks, opera, and ballet. Probing deeply, it examines what these vibrant, militant, often gaudy images meant to artists, their patrons, and their audiences at the time, and what they mean now, both in their original forms and as revolutionary icons reworked for a new market-oriented age. Chapters by scholars of Chinese history and art and by artists whose careers were shaped by the Cultural Revolution decode the rhetoric of China's turbulent decade. The many illustrations in the book, some familiar and some never seen before, also offer new insights into works that have transcended their times."--BOOK JACKET. Forty years after China's tumultuous Cultural Revolution, this book revisits the visual and performing arts of the period - the paintings, propaganda posters, political cartoons, sculpture, folk arts, private sketchbooks, opera, and ballet - and examines what these vibrant, militant, often gaudy images meant to artists, their patrons, and their audiences at the time, and what they mean now, both in their original forms and as revolutionary icons reworked for a new market-oriented age. Chapters by scholars of Chinese history and art and by artists whose careers were shaped by the Cultural Revolution offer new insights into works that have transcended their times. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 282 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774815420 0774815426 0774815434 9780774815437 |
| ISSN: | 1206-9523. |
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