Folk Art and Modern Culture in Republican China (eBook)
292 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-2629-6 (ISBN)
Folk art is now widely recognized as an integral part of the modern Chinese cultural heritage, but in the early twentieth century, awareness of folk art as a distinct category in the visual arts was new. Internationally, intellectuals in different countries used folk arts to affirm national identity and cultural continuity in the midst of the changes of the modern era. In China, artists, critics and educators likewise saw folk art as a potentially valuable resource: perhaps it could be a fresh source of cultural inspiration and energy, representing the authentic voice of the people in contrast to what could be seen as the limited and elitist classical tradition. At the same time, many Chinese intellectuals also saw folk art as a problem: they believed that folk art, as it was, promoted superstitious and backward ideas that were incompatible with modernization and progress. In either case, folk art was too important to be left in the hands of the folk: educated artists and researchers felt a responsibility intervene, to reform folk art and create new popular art forms that would better serve the needs of the modern nation.In the early 1930s, folk art began to figure in the debates on social role of art and artists that were waged in the pages of the Chinese press, the first major exhibition of folk art was held in Hangzhou, and the new print movement claimed the print as a popular artistic medium while, for the most part, declaring its distance from contemporary folk printmaking practices. During the war against Japan, from 1937 to 1945, educated artists deployed imagery and styles drawn from folk art in morale-boosting propaganda images, but worried that this work fell short of true artistic accomplishment and pandering to outmoded tastes. The questions raised in interaction with folk art during this pivotal period, questions about heritage, about the social position of art, and the exercise of cultural authority continue to resonate into the present day.
Felicity Lufkin is lecturer in folklore and mythology at Harvard University.
Introduction: Art, Folk Art, and the Modern Nation Part I: Folk Art and National Culture in the Nanjing DecadeChapter 1: Imagining Folk Art in Urban China Chapter 2: Prints as a Popular Art: Folk Prints and New Prints Chapter 3: The Folkloric Prints of the Modern Print Association Chapter 4: The Folk Picture Exhibition Part II: Folk Art and Propaganda in the Anti-Japanese WarChapter 5: Resistance Door Gods in the Nationalist Areas Chapter 6: Popularizing Prints in the Communist Base areas Chapter 7: Folk-style and visual rhetoric in and beyond Yan’an
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.1.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 67 Illustrations including: - 67 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs. |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Schlagworte | Art History • Asian Studies • Chinese Art • Cultural History • Folk Art |
ISBN-10 | 1-4985-2629-2 / 1498526292 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-2629-6 / 9781498526296 |
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