The voice of the shout

Author: Wei Erqiao
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: "Erqiao Comics" is a book about Western modern art, including six volumes: "The Journey of Hesitation," "The Voice of Scream," "Reflections in the Strings," "Garden in the Rain," "Good Morning, Master," and "The Shape of the Elephant." Western modern art is vast, but this book only covers three disciplines: literature, music, and fine arts. People have diverse understandings of art, and there are various types of works about art: exquisite large art books, lengthy art history treatises, profound and obscure academic papers, and accessible lecture manuscripts. These different forms elaborate on and enrich the same theme. "Erqiao Comics" is a unique type of book outside these formats. This book focuses on the real people—artists—in the serious and vast history of art. They are often people with rich life experiences, who have encountered many practical contradictions. Through their own reflections, they form deep thoughts and vividly express them through their artistic works. The writing of this book does not entirely rely on the framework of art history to force an interpretation. Instead, it boldly selects and filters typical writers, works, and their ideological viewpoints from the history of Western modern art, accompanied by corresponding illustrations. For each artist, the content is generally structured around an introduction, major works, ideological viewpoints, and main contributions.