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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779357503321

Titolo

Art in turmoil : the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-76 / / edited by Richard King ; with Ralph Croizier, Shengtian Zheng, and Scott Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, BC : , : UBC Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-7748-1543-4

1-283-71682-8

0-7748-1544-2

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text (xii, 282 pages, [22] pages of plates) : ill. (some color), portraits, digital file

Collana

Contemporary Chinese Studies.

Contemporary Chinese studies, , 1206-9523.

Altri autori (Persone)

KingRichard <1951 February 5->

CroizierRalph C

WatsonScott <1950->

ZhengSheng Tian <1938->

Disciplina

700.951/09046

Soggetti

Arts, Chinese - 20th century

Artists - China

China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Artists and the state -- part 2. Artists remember : two memoirs -- part 3. Meanings then and now -- part 4. Beyond the visual arts.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.