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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

King, Richard, 1951 February 5-

Croizier, Ralph C.

Watson, Scott, 1950-

Zheng, Shengtian.

Series:

Contemporary Chinese studies.

Contemporary Chinese studies, 1206-9523.

Contemporary Chinese Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, Chinese--20th century.

Arts, Chinese.

Artists--China--Biography.

Artists.

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.

China.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2010]

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.

Contents:

part 1. Artists and the state

part 2. Artists remember : two memoirs

part 3. Meanings then and now

part 4. Beyond the visual arts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7748-1543-4

1-283-71682-8

0-7748-1544-2

OCLC:

799730013