Overview

New Songs on Ancient Tunes presents a sweeping selection of Chinese paintings and calligraphies from the turbulent century between 1850 and 1950. Drawn entirely from the private San Francisco collection of the Reverend Richard Fabian, the works span the years between the Opium War and the Cultural Revolution. The book includes a survey of the bold style of the late nineteenth-century Shanghai School, as contrasted with the conservative artists of the late Qing dynasty Orthodox School, and examines the impact on artists of the new urban (and international) culture of Shanghai, and interactions with Western and Japanese art. The book also explores the influence of Chinese archaeology on late Qing dynasty calligraphy and in turn, the influence of new styles of calligraphy on painting. Focusing on superb works by the leading artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, New Songs on Ancient Tunes includes the painters Ren Bonian, Xugu, Zhao Zhiqian, Wu Changshi. Fu Baoshi, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, and Zhang Daqian, and the calligraphers Deng Shiru, Yi Bingshou, He Shaoji, and Wu Dacheng. The book includes essays by Jonathan Spence, Chu-tsung Li, Stephen Little, and Qianshen Bai, and catalogue entries by Little, Rachel Farkas, Janet Carpenter, and Bruce McCLaren.

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Author:   Stephen Little
Publisher:   Honolulu Academy of the Arts,US
Imprint:   Honolulu Academy of the Arts,US
Dimensions:   Width: 24.10cm , Height: 5.70cm , Length: 30.50cm
Weight:   4.445kg
ISBN:  

9780937426791

ISBN 10:   0937426792
Pages:   640
Publication Date:   16 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Artists in the Catalogue Director's Preface / Stephen Little Acknowledgments / Stephen Little About the Contributors Timeline Map of China Map of Jiangnan Region A Fine Melody Will Sound Throughout the Ages Making Lofty Words Gleam as Beautiful as Gems / The Reverend Richard Fabian Fractured China, 1850-1950 / Jonathan Spence New Songs on Ancient Tunes, 19th-20th Century Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Richard Fabian Collection / Stephen Little Open Country: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Chinese Painting / Chu-Tsing Li Chinese Calligraphy in the Mid to Late Qing and Republican Periods (1850-1950) / Qianshen Bai The Richard Fabian Collection 1. Othodoxy in the Late Qing Dynasty 2. Jinshi Movement Calligraphy 3. Jiangnan Regional Schools 4. Shanghai 5. Artists Active in Northern China 6. Southern Artists 7. Transnational Exchange 8. Mid-Century: Traditional Masters 9. Cultural Revolution: Before and After 10. Post-Revolution Monumentalism 11. Postscript Selected Chinese and Japanese Names and Terms Bibliography Index

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For novices and general readers, it will be a challenging and delightful introduction to the balance between old and new in art and culture in China. Essential. Choice

""For novices and general readers, it will be a challenging and delightful introduction to the balance between old and new in art and culture in China. Essential."" (Choice)

For novices and general readers, it will be a challenging and delightful introduction to the balance between old and new in art and culture in China. Essential. * Choice *

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