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Mao’s Images

Artists and China’s 1949 transition

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Authors:
  1. Yan Geng

    1. Department of Art and Art History, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

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  • A study about chinese art

  • A study about People's Republic of China

  • An art historical study

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Chinese Art of The Early People’s Republic: A Transitional Period

    • Yan Geng
    Pages 1-12

  3. Mao Parade: Huang Jun and New Chinese Painting

    • Yan Geng
    Pages 13-55

  4. Mao On the Gate: Li Keran and the New Year Picture

    • Yan Geng
    Pages 57-94

  5. Hidden Mao: Gu Yuan and Communist Woodcut

    • Yan Geng
    Pages 95-136

  6. Dual Mao: Dong Xiwen and National Oil Painting

    • Yan Geng
    Pages 137-171

  7. Epilogue: More Than an Image of Mao

    • Yan Geng
    Pages 173-178

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 179-222
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About this book

In this book, Yan Geng examines Mao’s image from the perspective of its producers, focusing on four artists, chosen for both the diverse media they worked in and their diverse backgrounds. The book suggests an alternative perspective on the making of propaganda not only as a politically themed representation but also as an expression of artists’ subjectivities and their roles as pivotal agents in the transition of modern Chinese art history. Mao’s Image: Artists and China’s 1949 Transition demonstrates how artists portrayed Mao as the nation’s leader during the early People’s Republic and what such images reveal about Chinese artists’ experience during the Communist takeover of the country.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Art and Art History, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

    Yan Geng

About the author

Yan Geng is currently an assistant professor of Asian art history at the University of Connecticut, USA. She completed her Ph.D. study in East Asian art history at Heidelberg University in Germany in 2012 and received fellowships from Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Morphomata Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Cologne.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mao’s Images

  • Book Subtitle: Artists and China’s 1949 transition

  • Authors: Yan Geng

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20825-7

  • Publisher: J.B. Metzler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-20824-0Published: 20 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-20825-7Published: 17 April 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 222

  • Number of Illustrations: 90 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Arts, Asian Culture, History of China

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