Professor Lü Peng's new book, A History of Chinese Art in the 20th and 21st Century, is set to be officially released on November 24, 2024!
A History of Chinese Art in the 20th and 21st Century is the fourth revised edition of A History of Art in Twentieth-Century China. The first edition of A History of Art in Twentieth-Century China was published by Peking University Press in October 2006. In 2009, Peking University Press released an revised Chinese edition, followed by an revised English edition published by Charta in 2010. In 2013, Somogy éditions d'art published both the French and English language versions, Hangilart Co., Ltd. published the Korean version.
The third Chinese edition was released by New Star Press in the same year, and the Italian edition was released in February 2024. The upcoming A History of Chinese Art in the 20th and 21st Century incorporates the developments in the Chinese art field over the past decade and is poised to become an authoritative reference for the study of contemporary Chinese art.
This book situates the development of 20th and 21st century Chinese art in such fundamental contexts as Chinese politics and social change and is ideally suited for readers to understand the particularities of Chinese art that are distinct from Western art history. Such an approach is appropriate to the understanding of the development of modern Chinese art, which differs from both the Western approach to art history and the approach to traditional Chinese art, which is limited to the combing of ink and brush heritage and ideological traditions.
The new edition includes discussions on critical topics such as performance art, feminist art, contemporary artists, politically inclined art, contemporary sculpture, and new painting and painters, thereby significantly enriching the understanding of contemporary Chinese art.
This book is particularly well-suited for undergraduate students in art schools, as well as graduate and doctoral students specializing in art history. It is also an invaluable resource for students in other humanities disciplines and for scholars and professors engaged in the study of 20th-century Chinese art and cultural history. Both academic researchers and general readers with an interest in contemporary Chinese art will find profound insights and a wealth of knowledge within its pages.
A History of Chinese Art in the 20th and 21st Century will be published in English by Palgrave Macmillan. It will be available for purchase through major book retailers, including Amazon, IndieBound, and Books-A-Million.
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