Chinese posters
Subtitle: Art from the great proletarian cultural revolution
By: Lincoln Cushing and Ann Tompkins.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780811859462
Description: "The posters in this book were produced during China's Cultural Revolution, one in a long series of mass campaigns undertaken by the Chinese Communist Party and a tumultuous period in the country's history in which an internal struggle within the party was taken to the citizens to determine the country's future. One of the primary public art forms of the period (roughly spanning 1966 to 1976), the thousands of posters produced during the Cultural Revolution presented ideological and idealized visions of Chinese society, agricultural and industrial production, education, the military. Communist heroes, and everyday role models. Chinese Posters presents a gallery of the most fascinating of these posters, providing insights on their social, political, and cultural background, and offers a first-hand account of life in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution, further illuminating the times and the roles of the posters in day-to-day life"--Front cover flap.