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The art of calligraphy in modern China / Gordon S. Barrass

By: Barrass, Gordon S, 1940-.
Contributor(s): British Museum.
Publisher: London : The British Museum Press, 2002Description: 288 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.ISBN: 0714124001.Subject(s): British Museum -- Exhibitions | Calligraphers -- China -- Exhibitions | Calligraphers -- China | Calligraphy, Chinese -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Calligraphy, Chinese -- History -- 20th century | Calligraphy, Chinese -- HistoryDDC classification: 745.61995109045
Contents:
Foreword. - Acknowledgements. - Introduction. - 1. The great debate. - 2. The changing world. - 3. The grand tradition / Shen Yinmo, Ye Gongchuo, Guo Moruo, Chen Yi, Deng Sanmu, Mao Zedong. - 4. Breaking the mould / Zhang Zhengyu, Li Luogong. - 5. The classicists / Sha Menghai, Lin Sanzhi, Qi Gong, Wang Shixiang. - 6. The modernists / Wang Dongling, Huang Miaozi, Gu Gan. - 7. The Neo-Classicists Zhang Sen, Liu Zengfu, Han Yu, Sa Benjie. - 8. The Avant-Garde / Zhang Dawo, Pu Lieping, Wei Ligang, Wang Nanming, Zhang Qiang. - 9. The brushmarks of friendship / Yang Xianyi. - Illustration and photographic credits. - Chinese transciptions of calligraphy. - Bibliography. - Chinese bibliography. - Index.
Item type Current location Shelf location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 4, Shelf 32 , Side 1, TierNo 5, BayNo 7

745.61995109045 BAR (Browse shelf) 1 Available SOMAC,37003,02,GR 5000025464

Published to accompany the exhibition "Brushes with surprise : the art of calligraphy in modern China", held at the British Museum, Feb.-May, 2002.

Foreword. - Acknowledgements. - Introduction. - 1. The great debate. - 2. The changing world. - 3. The grand tradition / Shen Yinmo, Ye Gongchuo, Guo Moruo, Chen Yi, Deng Sanmu, Mao Zedong. - 4. Breaking the mould / Zhang Zhengyu, Li Luogong. - 5. The classicists / Sha Menghai, Lin Sanzhi, Qi Gong, Wang Shixiang. - 6. The modernists / Wang Dongling, Huang Miaozi, Gu Gan. - 7. The Neo-Classicists Zhang Sen, Liu Zengfu, Han Yu, Sa Benjie. - 8. The Avant-Garde / Zhang Dawo, Pu Lieping, Wei Ligang, Wang Nanming, Zhang Qiang. - 9. The brushmarks of friendship / Yang Xianyi. - Illustration and photographic credits. - Chinese transciptions of calligraphy. - Bibliography. - Chinese bibliography. - Index.