Between Two Cultures: Late-Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century by Wen C. Fong

By Wen C. Fong

Between Cultures, through Wen C. Fong, in accordance with a variety of contemporary chinese language work from the Robert H. Ellsworth assortment within the Metropolitan Museum of artwork, explores the an important interval from the 1860s to approximately 1980, whilst chinese language portray used to be remodeled right into a sleek expression of its classical background. not like classical chinese language portray relationship from prior to 1860, which has commanded in-depth research from a realized and complicated viewers within the West, smooth chinese language portray has been little explored. the 1st accomplished assemblage within the West of work in this topic, the Robert H. Ellsworth assortment includes works within the classical chinese language medium of ink on paper and within the conventional codecs of scrolls, album leaves, and fans.

the quantity bargains with either traditionalist and modernizing chinese language masters from the comparative views of East and West, conventional and sleek. Dr. Fong starts off his exploration with the final revival of conventional chinese language paintings, that of the epigraphic institution of portray, and the increase of a populist paintings within the overdue 19th and early 20th centuries within the cosmopolitan urban of Shanghai. His dialogue keeps with painters who absorbed the teachings of Western realism, which they seen as a part of Western technology and expertise. designated cognizance is dedicated to Xu Beihong (1895–1953) and Fu Baoshi (1904–1965), who the lessons, respectively, of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the japanese Nihonga kind. The paintings of 3 nice traditionalist masters, Qi Baishi (1863–1957), Huang Binhong (1865–1955), and Zhang Daqian (1899–1983), is additionally analyzed, with emphasis put on Qi and Zhang as specialist populist painters. this is often by way of a dialogue of portray in mainland China from approximately 1950 to the Eighties by means of the second one new release of artists and lecturers within the nationwide academies. those painters, having been proficient via traditionalist and Western-style lecturers, constructed their very own colleges of impression of their look for a brand new synthesis of chinese language and Western methods.

one of many critical questions posed within the booklet is, what's "modern" in twentieth-century chinese language portray? a few view modernity because the Westernization of chinese language artwork; others look for parts of modernity in chinese language portray heritage. The booklet closes with the author's personal reflections on realism, expression, and modernity and, extra particularly, the query of creativity in either conventional and glossy chinese language portray. [This publication was once initially released in 2001 and has long gone out of print. This version is a print-on-demand model of the unique book.]

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