| A Modern Miscellany: Shanghai Cartoon Artists, Shao Xunmei's Circle and the Travels of Jack Chen, 1926-1938 Contributor(s): Bevan, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004307931 ISBN-13: 9789004307933 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $197.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Art | Techniques - Cartooning - History | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 741.595 |
| LCCN: 2015031754 |
| Series: Ideas, History, and Modern China |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (1.55 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In A Modern Miscellany: Shanghai Cartoon Artists, Shao Xunmei's Circle and the Travels of Jack Chen, 1926-1938 Paul Bevan explores how the cartoon (manhua) emerged from its place in the Chinese modern art world to become a propaganda tool in the hands of left-wing artists. The artists involved in what was largely a transcultural phenomenon were an eclectic group working in the areas of fashion and commercial art and design. The book demonstrates that during the build up to all-out war the cartoon was not only important in the sphere of Shanghai popular culture in the eyes of the publishers and readers of pictorial magazines but that it occupied a central place in the primary discourse of Chinese modern art history. |