The Art of Resistance (eBook)

Painting by Candlelight in Mao’s China

Shelley Drake Hawks (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
304 Seiten
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-74196-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The Art of Resistance surveys the lives of seven paintersDing Cong (19162009), Feng Zikai (18981975), Li Keran (190789), Li Kuchan (18981983), Huang Yongyu (b. 1924), Pan Tianshou (18971971), and Shi Lu (191982)during Chinas Cultural Revolution (19661976), a time when they were considered counterrevolutionary and were forbidden to paint. Drawing on interviews with the artists and their families and on materials collected during her visits to China, Shelley Drake Hawks examines their painting styles, political outlooks, and life experiences.These fiercely independent artists took advantage of moments of low surveillance to secretly paint by candlelight. In doing so, they created symbolically charged art that is open to multiple interpretations. The wit, courage, and compassion of these painters will inspire respect for the deep emotional and spiritual resonance of Chinese art.Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/art-of-resistance

Autor

Shelley Drake Hawks teaches art history and world history at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts.

Inhalt

Preface Acknowledgments Chronology of Major Events Introduction: Painting by Candlelight in Mao�s China Part One | Cartoonists1. Ding Cong�s True Story of the Outcast Ah Q 2. Feng Zikai Protests the Giant Hedge Cutters Part Two | Academy Painters and a President3. Li Keran�s Luminous Path through Mountains 4. Li Kuchan�s Eagle Gazes Far 5. Huang Yongyu�s Eye Talk 6. Pan Tianshou�s Nocturne for a Plum Tree Part Three | Communist Idealist Shi Lu7. Inside the Secret Notebook 8. At Cliff �s Edge 9. From Trauma to Recovery Conclusion Appendix: Poems from Shi Lu�s Secret Notebook, ca. 1973�75 Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.11.2017
• Verlagsort: Seattle
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 0-295-74196-1 / 0295741961
• ISBN-13: 978-0-295-74196-3 / 9780295741963