One Hundred Years of Art in China: 1920-2020

The result of a colossal amount of work, this work is intended to be an essential monograph for anyone interested in Chinese art. At the turn of the 20th century, China enters more than ever into an accelerated march of History. The last The Manchu emperor abdicated in 1911, giving way to a republican system. In 1949 the People's Republic of China was proclaimed. These changes social, political, economic respond to artistic creation and a aesthetics favoring an official art with strong political content in parallel with an opening to the West that began in the 19th century. These hundred years see thus evolving traditional techniques (wash, stamping, wood engraving, calligraphy…) to which are added Western innovations (lithography, oil, intaglio, installation, etc.). Offering more than 200 works to be seen and discovered artists, renowned or unknown, this reference work also recalls key dates, classifications and essential themes, making it a crucial volume for both neophytes, amateurs and historians of the image.