Southwest Hunan Wood Carving

Author: Hu Binbin
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: ★16K paperback, published by Tianjin People's Publishing House. Wood carving art in China originated alongside the dawn of human primitive art. With a long history, it boasts a rich variety, diverse forms, profound connotations, and distinctive regional styles. It is an important research subject in both the field of cultural relics and art and the realm of folk arts and crafts, as well as a significant component of cultural relics art and applied arts. In recent years, as people's understanding of folk art has gradually deepened, folk wood carving art has gained increasing attention: a large number of ancient wood carving artifacts from folk sources have not only been collected by national cultural and heritage institutions but have also become the focus of art academies, with their artistic forms studied as well. In the burgeoning collecting craze, enthusiasts are incorporating ancient wood carving artifacts into their homes, making them fashionable decorations for shops, exhibition halls, and new residences. Meanwhile, many foreign cultural institutions and dealers have also shown great "interest" in ancient Chinese folk wood carving artifacts, going to great lengths to acquire or smuggle them. Therefore, enhancing awareness and accelerating the protection of ancient Chinese folk wood carving artifacts have become urgent and cannot be overlooked.