An Analysis on the Evolution of Three-Time Image Narrative in Chinese Revolutionary Paintings in the 20th Century
The painting of Chinese revolutionary themes in the 20th century is a visual representation of the magnificent process of modern Chinese revolution.Its development is closely related to the painting revolution,the May Fourth Move-ment,and the New Culture Movement at the beginning of the 20th century.There had been three changes in the narrative of Chinese revolutionary paintings in the 20th century,namely,the change in the War of Resistance against Japan period(1919-1949),the change in the early stage of socialist construction period(1949-1966),and the new era(1978 to the 1990s).The evolution of images in each period was closely related to the political,cultural,and social background of that time.During the period of the War of Resistance against Japan,visual storytelling mainly focused on saving the nation,calling on the patriotic enthusiasm of the people and inspiring the resistance.During the period of early stage of socialist construction,the main content is to commemorate the major historical events experienced in the War of Resistance against Japan,and to eulogize the heroic deeds of sacrifice for the founding of New China and the contribution of the CPC in the revolution.In the period of the new era after the Reform and Opening up,there was a shift towards simple narratives in spe-cific and diverse perspectives.This paper provides a brief analysis of the image transformation of Chinese revolutionary paintings in different periods to help explore the inherent relationships between art-culture and social development,deep-ening historical understanding through the evolution of revolutionary paintings,promoting the inheritance and develop-ment of the red culture.
Chinese revolution themed paintingsvisual narrativered culture
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