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PublisherCenter for Chinese Studies Publications

ISBN-100892641541

ISBN-139780892641543

eBay Product ID (ePID)2207817

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameArt and Aesthetics in Chinese Popular Prints : Selections from the Muban Foundation Collection

SubjectAsian / Chinese, Ethnic Studies / General, Folk & Outsider Art, General, Subjects & Themes / Religious, Prints

Publication Year2002

TypeTextbook

AuthorEllen Johnston Laing

Subject AreaArt, Social Science

SeriesMichigan Monographs in Chinese Studies

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight38 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2001-055259

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume Number94

IllustratedYes

SynopsisTraditional woodblock printing is a Chinese folk art that has now nearly vanished. The London-based Muban Educational Trust holds a rich collection of popular prints from this tradition. Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Popular Prints reproduces eighty-four of these prints from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with analytical commentary. Woodblock printing was the principal method of producing inexpensive and colorful single-sheet images for mass consumption in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century China. Prints of this type are known today as "New Year pictures" because the demand for them peaked around New Year. However, the term "popular print" more accurately describes these works whose subjects include deities and tutelary spirits, illustrations to stories and operas, and even contemporary political or revolutionary messages. Art and Aesthetics emphasizes the artistic aspects of these prints, appealing to Chinese art historians but also to those interested in Chinese anthropology, popular religion, Chinese and other folk art, and traditional crafts., Traditional woodblock printing is a Chinese folk art that has now nearly vanished. The London-based Muban Educational Trust holds a rich collection of popular prints from this tradition. Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Popular Prints reproduces eighty-four of these prints from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with analytical commentary.Woodblock printing was the principal method of producing inexpensive and colorful single-sheet images for mass consumption in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century China. Prints of this type are known today as "New Year pictures" because the demand for them peaked around New Year. However, the term "popular print" more accurately describes these works whose subjects include deities and tutelary spirits, illustrations to stories and operas, and even contemporary political or revolutionary messages. Art and Aesthetics emphasizes the artistic aspects of these prints, appealing to Chinese art historians but also to those interested in Chinese anthropology, popular religion, Chinese and other folk art, and traditional crafts., Traditional woodblock prints preserve a Chinese folk art that has now nearly vanished. This book explores and explains the artistic and aesthetic bases of popular prints revealed in eighty-four late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century prints belonging to the London-based Muban Foundation. Woodblock printing was the principal method of producing inexpensive and colorful single-sheet images for mass consumption in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century China. Prints of this type are known today as "New Year pictures" because the demand for them peaked at New Year's time. However, the term "popular print" more accurately describes these works, whose subjects include deities and tutelary spirits, illustrations to stories and operas, and even contemporary political or revolutionary messages. The emphasis on the artistic aspects of these prints makes this publication uniquely appealing to Chinese art historians but also to those interested in Chinese anthropology, popular religion, Chinese and other folk art, and traditional crafts. Ellen J. Laing received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She was Maude I. Kerns Distinguished Professor of Oriental Art, University of Oregon and is currently Research Associate at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan. She has published numerous scholarly articles, books, and reference works on Chinese art.

LC Classification NumberNE1183.25.L35 2002