Tiehua
Tiehua, also known as iron painting, is an art form native to Wuhu, Anhui Province, China. Dating back to the mid-1600s, it nearly went extinct in the twentieth century until revival efforts were made. This sub-blog is based on my summer 2016 research on tiehua, which focused on its associations with social resistance throughout the Qing Dynasty, and how that dynamic changed under different government structures.
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A tiehua piece by Tang Peng displayed at the Zhenjiang Museum. Kyle's capstone project, titled "The Humble Iron Painter: Literati Representations...
Resistant Mass Culture As explored in detail in “Socialist Realism & Tiehua,” with the CPC’s control of Mainland China came a...
The following post contains information from multiple previous posts arranged in a different way. This is meant to compliment the author's...
Within an examination of contemporary China, it is important to explore the role of globalization on Chinese art and the nation as...
In all societies, the governing body presiding over the people has an inherent influence on artwork, both direct and indirect. Unfortunately,...
In its recent history, China has cultivated a colossal economy, easily rivaling that of the ever-powerful U.S. In the decades after...
Ideology is essentially everywhere in any society, and the more traditional Chinese society that gave birth to tiehua is no exception....
When the Chinese Communist Party’s wave of revolution gained control of the entirety of Mainland China, the nation sought to redefine...
While tiehua came into existence during the later 1600s, the early Qing dynasty, its influences can be traced far back into...
The relative prosperity experienced during the Kangxi period greatly contrast with the condition of Manchu China in the nineteenth century. By...
Even at the founding of the new dynasty, the Manchus exploited a weak position of the Han Chinese Ming dynasty. After...
Within the immense realm of creative expression forged by humanity exists a unique form of Chinese painting: tiehua. Contradicting what the...