From modern to postmodern

Author: Wang Danting
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This is an art essay collection. It primarily discusses two fields: Western modernist art and contemporary Chinese art. The main difference between this book and similar books in the past lies in its rejection of historical biases and prejudices of heterogenous cultures, breaking away from the habit of explaining art phenomena solely from the perspectives of stylistics or sociology, and focusing on revealing the intrinsic meaning and spiritual essence of the works. This is an art essay collection. It primarily discusses two fields: Western modernist art and contemporary Chinese art. The main difference between this book and similar books in the past lies in its rejection of historical biases and prejudices of heterogenous cultures, breaking away from the habit of explaining art phenomena solely from the perspectives of stylistics or sociology, and focusing on revealing the intrinsic meaning and spiritual essence of the works. The essays collected in this book primarily cover two fields, namely Western modernist art and contemporary Chinese art. In the discussion of Western modernist art, the author strives to reject historical biases and prejudices between heterogenous cultures, breaking away from the conventional practice of explaining art phenomena solely from the perspectives of stylistics or sociology, and focusing on revealing the intrinsic meaning and spiritual essence of the works. When addressing the topic of contemporary Chinese art, the author takes the collision and integration of Chinese and Western art as the focal point of attention. Through a comparison of Chinese and Western cultures, the author analyzes the various confusions and gains that contemporary Chinese art, in the midst of dramatic development, experiences when borrowing from Western art.