Gao, Minglu. <br/><br/>
Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (422 pages) 
 - The MIT Press Series .
 - The MIT Press Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: The Avant-Garde in the Past -- 1 Avant-Garde and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art -- 2 Academicism and the Amateur Avant-Garde in the Post-Cultural Revolution Period (1979-1984) -- Part Two: The '85 Movement -- 3 The Map of the '85 Avant-Garde Movement -- 4 The "China/Avant-Garde" Exhibition of 1989 -- 5 Metaphysical Modernity -- 6 Chan Meets Dada -- 7 Metaphor over Meaning -- Part Three: The Post-'85 Avant-Garde -- 8 Kitsch and Complicity -- 9 Apartment Art -- 10 Maximalism -- 11 Conclusion -- Glossary of Key Chinese Terms in the Order in Which They Appear in the Text -- Notes -- Index. 
<br/><br/> A groundbreaking book that describes a distinctively Chinese avant-gardism and a modernity that unifies art, politics, and social life. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262295857 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art and society - China - History - 20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N7345 -- .G29 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>709.51/0904