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Modern Art Beyond the West

Executive summary

Western aspects are quite evident in the artistic designs of Li Hua. His techniques heavily borrowed from those used in the western world. These techniques included: lithography which belongs to the planographic printing, etching which belongs to the intaglio printing, woodcut which belongs to the relief printing and stencil printing.

Introduction

Many artists in china have heavily borrowed from the west as far as their design techniques are concerned. This paper will discuss one highly renowned Chinese artist by the name Li Hua and show how his work was influenced by western art.

Objectives

This paper seeks to show how the work of Li Hua was influenced by western art.

Research methodology

To achieve the desired research objectives, both primary and secondary sources of information were made use of. The primary sources included questionnaires given to professionals in the art arena quite conversant with the concept and historians who are well versed with the concept. The secondary source of information was basically library research targeting books and articles touching on the subject.

Main body

Li Hua was a renowned Chinese artist who studied western oil painting in Guangzhou as well as in Japan (Speiser, 1960). He is known for finding the first modern wood cut society in china in the year 1934 on returning from Japan. He also started the All - china Association of anti- Enemy Woodcutters (Honey, 1945). He lectured in the Central Academy of Fine Arts and wrote many articles and books on art theory. This artist pursued the artistic cannons of western nations (Speiser, 1960). This is for instance seen in his selection of subjects as well as their composition in his wood cut designs. The overall design as well as the postures of the characters in his designs reflect techniques of western countries. Other aspects of western techniques in the work of this artist included: lithography which belongs to the planographic printing, etching which belongs to the intaglio printing, woodcut which belongs to the relief printing and stencil printing (Sullivan, 1961).

Conclusion

This paper has discussed the techniques borrowed from the western culture that Li Hua applied in his designs. They have included: lithography which belongs to the planographic printing, etching which belongs to the intaglio printing, woodcut which belongs to the relief printing and stencil printing.

References

Honey, W. (1945). The Ceramic Art of China and other Countries of the Far East. London: Oxford University Press

Speiser, W. (1960). The Art of China: Spirit and Society. London: Crown Publishers.

Sullivan, M. (1961). An Introduction to Chinese Art. California: University of California

 

 

 

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