Fine Art. Martial Arts

Author: Lu Zhongmin
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: The foreign prints "Arts of the Underworld" depict and reveal scenes of wandering artists and street beggars performing in old China during the 1920s and 30s. Although dozens of these prints only show some aspects of the artists' lives at that time, we can see from them the low social status and hardships faced by acrobats and quyi performers. These scenes, depicted in images and recorded in text, are also rare references for studying the history of modern artists and beggars.