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This is an art album written by Yang Xianrang. A professor and former director of the Folk Art Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts of China , and Yang Yang. They spent over 10 years traveling all over the countryside in all China carrying out field research and collection folk art. This book is an academic achievement and gives a vivid and detailed account of the origin, present situation and development of Chinese folk art, It includes folk art as diverse as batik dyeing, dough figures, embroidery and paper –cuts, and it is illustrated with color and black and white photos of the actual works. Such big a range and variety of folk art is rarely seen in one volume. The album with its 424 photograph explants the traditional symbols found on simple articles such as porcelain or bed covers and reflects the ordinary people’s desire to enrich their lives with their own artistic endeavors. It will be very useful for al who are interested in and enjoy Chinese folk art

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Creation, Development and Trends
Dough Figures
Paper- cuts
Embroidery, Printing and Dyeing
Cotton cloth Handicrafts
Masks
Sculpture
Shadow Puppets
Folk Porcelain Paintings
Woodcuts
Folk paintings
Concluding Remarks
S Sketch Map of Chinese Folk Art Origins
List of Plates
Index

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