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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherChronicle Books
ISBN-100811859460
ISBN-139780811859462
eBay Product ID (ePID)59156773
Product Key Features
Book TitleChinese Posters : Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPosters, Asia / China
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreAntiques & Collectibles, History
AuthorLincoln Cushing, Ann Tompkins
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight21.9 Oz
Item Length10.5 in
Item Width8.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-010993
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromEighth Grade
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal741.6/74095109046
SynopsisThe 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., 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.