The Art of Modern China

384 Pages·2012·41.111 MB·English

by  Julia F. Andrews, Kuiyi Shen

THE ART OF
MODERN
1.3
CHINA Ren Xiong (1823-1857)
Self-Portrait
Undated, Qing Dynasty
Hanging Scroll, Ink and color on
9.16
paper,
JULIA F. ANDREWS AND KUIYI SHEN
Chen Yanning
177.4 x 78.5 cm
(b. 1945)
Palace Museum, Beijing New Doctor in Fishing Village
1974
Oil on Canvas
138.2 x 98.3 cm
National Art Museum of
China, Beijing
12.10. Fang Lijun (b. 1963), Series II, No. 2, 1992,
Oil on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, Ludwig Museum, Cologne

The Art of Modern China
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The Art of Modern China
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Cover images, from left: Fang Lijun, Series II, No. 2; Ren Xiong,
Self‑portrait; Chen Yanning, New Doctor in the Fishing Village
To our parents
Shi Weijin and Shen Mi
James P. and Catharine A. Andrews
for their inspiration and encouragement
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Contents
Acknowledgments / ix
Map / xii
Introduction / xiii
1 Chinese Art in the Age of Imperialism:
The Opium War to the Treaty of Shimonoseki, 1842–1895 / 1

2 Art in the Creation of a New Nation: The Overthrow of the Qing
and the Early Republic, 1895–1920 / 27

3 Art in the New Culture of the 1920s / 47
4 Modern Art in the 1930s / 73
5 The Golden Age of Guohua in the 1930s / 93
6 Art in Wartime, 1937–1949 / 115

7 Western-Style Art under Mao, 1949–1966 / 139

8 Ink Painting, Lianhuanhua, and Woodcuts under Mao, 1949–1966 / 161

9 Art of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966–1976 / 183

10 Art after Mao, 1976–1989 / 201

11 Alternative Chinas: Hong Kong and Taiwan / 225
12 No U-Turn: Chinese Art after 1989 / 257
13 The New Millennium, and the Chinese Century? / 279
Glossary and List of Characters / 297
Major Events in Modern Chinese Art / 309
Notes / 327
Selected Bibliography / 345
Index / 355
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