Appropriating Antiquity for Modern Chinese Painting

by Chia-Ling Yang

Book Overview

The pursuit of antiquity was important for scholarly artists in constructing their knowledge of history and cultural identity in late imperial China. By examining versatile trends within paintings in modern China, this book questions the extent to which historical relics have been used to represent the ethnic identity of modern Chinese art. In doing so, this book asks: did the antiquarian movements ultimately serve as a deliberate tool for re-writing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150138838X
• ISBN13: 9781501388385
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"