Chinese Posters: Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

By Lincoln Cushing and Ann Tompkins

Book Overview

The Cultural Revolution in China produced thousands of powerful social and political posters exhorting the Chinese people in a sweeping transformation of Chinese society. These brilliantly colorful images of cultural celebration, industrial development, agricultural production, and revolutionary heroes were displayed in homes and public spaces across the country. Chinese Posters collects more than 150 of the most striking of these posters and offers background on their social and political context and production. An essay by Ann Tompkins provides a personal account of living in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811859460
• ISBN13: 9780811859462
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary