The Modern Chinese Art Debate by Wen C Fong
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Between Two Cultures: Late-Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Chinese Paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Wen C. Fong, Metropolitan Museum of Fine art
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pages: 300
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780300088502
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"Between Two Cultures, past Wen C. Fong, based on a option of modern Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the crucial period from the 1860s to nigh 1980, when Chinese painting was transformed into a modern expression of its classical heritage. Unlike classical Chinese painting dating from before 1860, which has commanded in-depth study from a learned and sophisticated audience in the West, modern Chinese painting has been petty explored. The outset comprehensive aggregation in the West of paintings on this subject, the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection comprises works in the classical Chinese medium of ink on paper and in the traditional formats of scrolls, anthology leaves, and fans."--BOOK JACKET.
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"Between Ii Cultures, by Wen C. Fong, based on a selection of mod Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Drove in The Metropolitan Museum of Fine art, explores the crucial period from the 1860s to about 1980, when Chinese painting was transformed into a modern expression of its classical heritage. Unlike classical Chinese painting dating from before 1860, which has commanded in-depth study from a learned and sophisticated audience in the West, mod Chinese painting has been little explored. The get-go comprehensive aggregation in the W of paintings on this bailiwick, the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection comprises works in the classical Chinese medium of ink on paper and in the traditional formats of scrolls, album leaves, and fans."--Book JACKET.
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The study of Chinese painting often begins and ends with the classics, considering anything after the middle of the 19th century too contaminated by Western ideas of content and perspective. This volume dispels such notions, examining both traditional and modern Chinese painters from the 1860s to the 1980s. Fong (Douglas Dillon Curator Emeritus of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) presents the work and influences of such masters equally Qi Baishi, painter of shrimp; Zhang Daqian, whose skill and two years living in the ancient caves of Mogao enabled him to forge perfect likenesses of Tang dynasty works; and Xu Beihong, whose Paris grooming unwittingly set the phase for the socialist realism that prospered nether Mao. The book covers many other 20th-century paintings, all held at the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and capacity on Japanese influence and art nether Mao give a comprehensive frame to contemporary Chinese art. Recommended. David McClelland, Philadelphia Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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The report of Chinese painting often begins and ends with the classics, considering anything afterwards the middle of the 19th century too contaminated by Western ideas of content and perspective. This book dispels such notions, examining both traditional and modern Chinese painters from the 1860s to the 1980s. Fong (Douglas Dillon Curator Emeritus of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Metropolitan Museum of Fine art, New York) presents the piece of work and influences of such masters as Qi Baishi, painter of shrimp; Zhang Daqian, whose skill and two years living in the ancient caves of Mogao enabled him to forge perfect likenesses of Tang dynasty works; and Xu Beihong, whose Paris training unwittingly set the stage for the socialist realism that prospered nether Mao. The book covers many other 20th-century paintings, all held at the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Fine art, and chapters on Japanese influence and art under Mao give a comprehensive frame to contemporary Chinese fine art. Recommended. David McClelland, Philadelphia Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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Based on a selection of modern Chinese paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this volume explores a crucial menstruum, from the 1860s to about 1980, when Chinese painting was transformed into a modern expression of its classical heritage. The collection comprises works in the classical Chinese medium of ink on newspaper and in the traditional formats of scrolls, anthology leaves, and fans. Fong (curator emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum) deals with both traditionalist and modernizing Chinese masters from the comparative perspectives of East and West, beginning with the concluding revival of the epigraphic schoolhouse of painting and the rise of a populist art in the late 19th and early 20th century in Shanghai. He and so discusses painters who absorbed the lessons of Western realism, too as painting in mainland Cathay from about 1950 to the 1980s. Finally, he reflects upon realism, expression, and modernity, likewise as the question of inventiveness in both traditional and modern Chinese painting. Contains 234 illustrations, including 114 colorplates. Oversize: 9.5x12<">. Distributed by Yale Academy Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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