Research Catalog

Title

Vietnamese painting : from tradition to modernity / Corinne de Ménonville.

Author

Ménonville, Corinne de

Publication

Castillon-du-Gard : Editions d'art et d'histoire, ARHIS, 2003.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

245 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports.; 34 cm.

Uniform Title

Peinture vietnamienne. English

Alternative Title

Peinture vietnamienne.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Painting, Vietnamese > 20th century
• Painters > Vietnam > Biography
• Painters > Vietnam > Biography > History and criticism

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-245) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Heritages. Cultural Heritage -- Paradoxes -- News Factors -- Romantic Adventure. French Contribution -- School and Its Curriculum -- Evolution of the School -- A Certain Vision of Indochina -- A Rich Context -- Humanism and Creation -- The Elements of Figurative Art -- Techniques and Innovations -- Discovering Nature -- Woman, a Favored Theme -- The Warrior Adventure. Historical Context -- Artistic Engagement -- Political Art: Principles and Applications -- Art or Propaganda -- Debates -- Black Veil -- The Four Pillars -- Cultural Life in the South Until 1975 -- Dark Period -- The Adventure of Modernity. New Horizons -- The Temptation of Abstraction -- Between Two Worlds -- Painting as a Question -- Tradition Revisited -- A New Figurative Art -- The Painters of the Diaspora -- Perspectives and Problems -- Itineries. From 1873 to 1920 -- The Four Pillars -- From 1920 to 1954 -- From 1955 to 1975.

ISBN

2906755214

OCLC

• 57205745
• SCSB-10019650

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library