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The art of resistance : painting by candlelight in Mao's China
- Title
- The art of resistance : painting by candlelight in Mao's China / Shelley Drake Hawks.
- Author
- Hawks, Shelley Drake
- Publication
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 286 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm
- Summary
- The Art of Resistance' surveys the lives of seven painters - Ding Cong (1916-2009), Feng Zikai (1898-1975), Li Keran (1907-89), Li Kuchan (1898-1983), Huang Yongyu (b. 1924), Pan Tianshou (1897-1971), and Shi Lu (1919-82)-during China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), 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.
- Series Statement
- Art History Publication Initiative
- Uniform Title
- Art history publication initiative.
- Alternative Title
- Painting by candlelight in Mao's China
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Note
- Series statement from book jacket.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-274) and index.
- Contents
- Cartoonists. Ding Cong's true story of the outcast Ah Q -- Feng Zikai protests the giant hedge cutters -- Academy painters and president. Li Keran's luminous path through mountains -- Li Kuchan's eagle gazes far -- Huang Yongyu's eye talk -- Pan Tianshou's nocturne for a plum tree -- Communist idealist Shi Lu. Inside the secret notebook -- At cliff's edge -- From trauma to recovery.
- Call Number
- JQF 18-179
- ISBN
- 9780295741956
- 0295741953
- LCCN
- 2017015275
- OCLC
- 981908046
- Author
- Hawks, Shelley Drake, author.
- Title
- The art of resistance : painting by candlelight in Mao's China / Shelley Drake Hawks.
- Publisher
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Art History Publication InitiativeArt history publication initiative.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-274) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Hawks, Shelley Drake. Art of resistance. Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2017 9780295741963 (DLC) 2017016893
- Research Call Number
- JQF 18-179