Art and China's Revolution

by Melissa Chiu

Book Overview

A groundbreaking look at art made in China during the Cultural Revolution

Although numerous books on the Cultural Revolution have been published, they do not analyze the profound shift in aesthetic values that occurred in China after the Communists took power. This fascinating book is the first to focus on artwork produced from the 1950s to the 1970s, when Mao Zedong was in leadership, and argues that important contributions were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300140649
• ISBN13: 9780300140644
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 12.8"