Between two cultures : late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Chinese paintings from the Robert H. E...
Between two cultures : late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Chinese paintings from the Robert H. E...
Between two cultures : late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Wen C. Fong.
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New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press [distributor], c2001.
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NQ759.951/32
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 286 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 31 cm.
Contents
Map of China -- Introduction: East Meets West -- 1. Painters in Shanghai and Guangdong -- 2. The Westernizers -- 3. Three Great Traditionalists -- 4. Mainland Chinese Painting, 1950s-1980s -- Epilogue: Reflections on Chinese Art and History.
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Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press [distributor], c2001.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
"Between Two Cultures, by Wen C. Fong, based on a selection of modern Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the crucial period from the 1860s to about 1980, when Chinese painting was transformed into a modern expression of its classical heritage. Unlike classical Chinese painting datin...
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Full title
Between two cultures : late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Wen C. Fong.
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Late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Chinese paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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General note
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jan. 30-Aug. 19, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-279) and index.
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c2001.
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NQ759.951/32
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74Vvbkp4ZQ4b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvbkp4ZQ4b
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ISBN
0300088507 (Yale University Press)
9780870999840 (hc.)
0870999842 (hc.)
9780870999857 (pbk.)
0870999850 (pbk.)
9780300088502 (Yale University Press)
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759.9510747471
MMS ID
991014920379702626
