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A century in crisis : modernity and tradition in the art of twentieth-century China

Andrews, Julia Frances
New York : Guggenheim Museum : c1998

"Between 1850 and today, China has undergone an unprecedented series of shocks and transformations. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Guggenheum Museum, this book systematically explores 150 years of artistic production in China" --

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Author: Andrews, Julia Frances
Subject: Art, Chinese
Publication Year:1998
Language:English
Published:New York : Guggenheim Museum : c1998
ISBN:9780810969094
0810969092
0810969092 (hardcover)
Notes:Catalog of an exhibition held at the Guggenheim Museum Soho, Feb. 6-May 24, 1998 and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, July 17-Oct.15, 1998
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-327) and index
Introduction. A century in crisis : tradition and modernity in the art of twentieth-century China / Julia F. Andrews ; China's modern worlds / Jonathan Spence -- Innovations in Chinese painting, 1850-1950. Painting of China's new metropolis : the Shanghai School, 1850-1900 / Shan Guolin ; The Lingnan School and its followers : radical innovation in southern China / Christine Chu ; Traditional painting in a transitional era, 1900-1950 / Kuiyi Shen ; Chinese calligraphy in the modern era / Xue Yongnian -- The modernist generations, 1920-1950. Reforms in education and the beginning of the western-style painting movement in China / Mayching Kao ; The lure of the West : modern Chinese oil painting / Kuiyi Shen ; Commercial art and China's modernization / Julia F. Andrews ; The modern woodcut movement / Julia F. Andrews and Kuiyi Shen -- Art for new China, 1950-1980. The victory of socialist realism : oil painting and the new Guohua / Julia F. Andrews -- Transformations of tradition, 1980 to the present. Chinese painting in the post-Mao era / Julia F. Andrews and Kuiyi Shen
Course: GEA112
SOC315

Availability at HKSYU Library


Location Call number Status
English Oversized Book (4/F) O 709.51 AND 1998 Available