Asian Art Chapter 10

Xu Beihong, Yu Gong (Foolish Old Man Removes The Mountain), 1940, handscroll, ink on paper

Ding Cong, Images of Present Times, 1944, handscroll, gouache on paper.

Sun Zixi, In Front of Tianmen, 1964, oil on canvas

Shi Lu, Fighting in Northern Shaanxi, 1959, ink and color on paper

Liu Chunhua, Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan, 1968, poster, color lithograph on paper

Luo Zhongli, Father, 1980, oil on canvas

Wang Keping, Silence, 1978, wood

Chang Dai-chien, Mountain Clearing After Rain, 1965-70, hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Xu Bing, A Book From the Sky, 1987-91, carved woodblocks, bound hand-printed books, ink on paper

Cai Guo-Qing, Project to Extend the Great Wall by 10,000 Meters, Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10, 1993

woodblock prints

print made from one or more carved wooden blocks. In japan they were made using multiple blocks carved in relief usually with a block for each color in finished print.

relief / stele

design elements that project forward from the surface / upright stone slab carved with inscriptions or images, usually used as grave or commemorative marker

facade 

front of a building 

Socialist Realism

state-approved artistic style developed in Soviet union which promotes and glorified political an social ideals of communists. laborers and leaders are presented in idealized manner.

abstraction

art that rejects accurate representation of reality or nature

Abstract Expressionism

- originated in 20th century America

- non-traditional methods that emphasized spontaneity and improv

- non representational compositions.