A Century in Crisis: Modernity and Tradition in the Art of Twentieth-Century China (Guggenheim Museum Publications)
By Unknown Author.
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New Lower Price Between 1850 and today, China has undergone an unprecedented series of shocks and transformations. This dramatic period--which has seen urban industrialization, conquest by foreign powers, civil wars, changing governments and, more recently, a gradual opening to the international community--has also marked an explosion of artistic experimentation and innovation. Spanning 150 spectacular years of artistic production, A Century in Crisis offers the first systematic exploration of modern and contemporary Chinese art. Essays by leading scholars show the ways in which Chinese art...
ISBN(s)
0810969092, 9780810969094