Title & Author:

Shanghai : art of the city / by Michael Knight and Dany Chan; with contributions by Nancy Berliner ... [et al.].

Publication:

San Francisco : Asian Art Museum, Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, c2010.

Description:

xiii, 284 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 34 cm.

Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Shanghai" ... The exhibition was presented in San Francisco at the Asian Art Museum from February 12 through September 5, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-269) and index.
Shanghai : art of the city / Michael Knight and Dany Chan -- A tale of three cities : Shanghai from 1850 to the present / Wen-hsin Yeh -- Reaching to heaven : Shanghai architecture and interiors / Nancy Berliner -- China trade paintings : views of Shanghai -- Chinese export silver -- Modern art and culture in Shanghai, 1840-1940 -- Lithography in early Shanghai graphics -- Architecture and itnerior design -- Western-inlfuenced painting in Shanghai, 1910-1949 -- Visualizing women and Shanghai modernity -- Western-influenced painting in Shanghai, 1945-1980 -- A public art movement in Shanghai -- Shanghai graphic arts, 1950-1976 -- A concise introduction to modern Shanghai painting -- Unfettered dynamic imagination : Shanghai art todya (1980-present).

Summary:

This stunning art, culture and history book profiles China's most prolific and dynamic city. Shanghai's tumultuous history has resulted in the progressive and stylish city of today. For more than a century and a half artists have been both documenting the city's changes and leading its way into the future. Timed to coincide with the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 (and a city-wide Shanghai Celebration in San Francisco, its sister city), Shanghai catalogs the first exhibition to explore one of China's most cosmopolitan cities. A case study in cultural globalisation, the book traces, through its art, factors behind the city's distinctive character Lavishly illustrated, this oversized book features 128 oil paintings, Shanghai deco furniture and rugs, revolutionary posters, works of fashion, movie clips and contemporary installations. These artworks, drawn mainly from the collections of the Shanghai Museum, the Shanghai Art Museum, the Shanghai City History Museum and the Lu Xun Memorial Hall, include the most significant visual documents of the city's rich and ever-changing culture.

ISBN:

9780939117529 (cloth)
0939117525 (cloth)
9780939117543 (paper)
0939117541 (paper)

Subject:

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Exhibitions.
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Art, Chinese China Shanghai Exhibitions.
Art chinois Chine Shanghai Expositions.
Art, Chinese.
Shanghai (China) In art Exhibitions.
Shanghai (China) In art 19th century Exhibitions.
Shanghai (China) In art 20th century Exhibitions.
Shanghai (China) In art 21st century Exhibitions.
Shanghai (China) Exhibitions.
China Shanghai.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Knight, Michael, 1953-
Chan, Dany.
Berliner, Nancy Zeng, 1958-
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Art of the city

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266943
Call No.: BIB 198999
Status: Available