Brushes with Power: Modern Politics and the Chinese Art of Calligraphy

by Richard Curt Kraus

Book Overview

Chinese calligraphy has traditionally been an emblem of the ruling class and its authority. After a century of mass revolution, what is the fate of this elite art? Richard Kraus explores the relationship beween politics and the art of writing in China today to explicate the complex relationship between tradition and modernity in Chinese culture. His study draws upon a wide range of sources, from political documents, memoirs, and interviews with Chinese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520072855
• ISBN13: 9780520072855
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"