Heroes of Their Own Life Stories: Narrating the Female Self in the Feminist Age

ABSTRACT

This article proposes a triple legacy of the expressive culture of the 1960s and 70s. Late twentieth century feminism, discourses of gender equality and the advent of modern confessional culture liberated women’s women’s voices, producing self-realising narratives and a shift in women’s facility to produce authentic ‘reflexive projects of the self’. Drawing on oral history interviews with women born in the 1940s in the United Kingdom, Australia and North America, a new concept for a distinct genre of women’s oral history narrative is advanced– the feminography – in which we hear women owning their voices and the stories those voices tell.     

The Art of Bookplate in China

A bookplate is usually a small print or decorative label pasted to a book to indicate its owner. As a form of higher art, bookplates are praised as ＂gems on paper＂ or ＂pearls in print＂. First appearing in the 1 5th century, bookplates are collected as timehonored artworks. In Europe, collecting and appreciating bookplates is recognized as one of qualifications for intellectuals. In China, bookplates have gained increasing popularity among collectors thanks to the upgraded aesthetic level of Chinese people.     

Bronze Art of Ancient China

The National Museum of China is known for its collection of valuable bronze of ancient China, such as the bronze vessel unearthed from Fuhao Tomb of Yin Xu Ruins, Houmuwu ding vessel, Zilong ding vessel, Yu vessel, Tianwang bronze, as well as bronze objects unearthed from Marquis Cai’s Tomb and tombs in Huixian County. These bronze collections represent ancient China’s significant accomplishments in bronze art.     

民国壬戌新安江畔的灾异图景

民国壬戌(1922年)之夏六月十五和七月十一，浙江省两次大水，“滚滚洪涛卷地来”，酿成了奇灾浩劫，新安江畔的淳安、分水二县受灾尤为严重。为了体察灾情，淳安县一位叫方赞修(述斋)的人，“登山涉水，驰勘数月”，后提笔成吟，遂成《勘灾杂咏》。     

China, France Co-organize Art Exhibition in Beijing

A Sino-French painting exhibition featuring impressionist and modern art opened at the National .Art Museum of China in the early spring of 2006. The exhibition, named ＂Ici, La-bas＂ （Here, There） features masterpieces of Chinese painter Ding Tianque and French painters, France Mitrofanoff and Francis de Lenclos.     

骑虎铜人像与玉琮线刻人像——兼谈三星堆、金沙与良渚文化的关系

长江上游成都平原上的三星堆一金沙遗址，与远在长江下游杭嘉湖平原上的良渚文化，有着某种内在的文化联系。三星堆出土的骑虎铜人像和金沙出土的玉琮及其线刻人像，是这种关系的具体反映，为探讨三星堆文化的来源及文化因素提供了新的重要依据。     

Communication Through Sculpture Second China Sculpture Art Festival Held in Hui''''an

The Second China Sculpture Art Festival, held in Hui'an of Fujian province from Aug. 22 through Sept. 1, 2002, focused on the theme of "traditional art and modern experimentation" to help bridge the vast differences between China's past and present artistic expressions.Hui'an has long been regarded as the birthplace of both architecture and sculpture, and woodcarving techniques from the region date back 1,600 years. Hui'an has developed its own unique and refined style of sculpture. Its stone carvings,     

Art Reborn from Ashes Stories of a Contemporary Artist in China

Xue Song＇s works have great visual strength, triggering spontaneous pondering on the underlying meanings. The scenes in his works combine elements in western paintings with images from traditional Chinese painting and do so with utmost delicacy. When observed closely, images and characters on the background offer more information： black ashes stand out of the picture, forming shadows of the times.     

Night of Dance at National Art Museum of China

Lajos Szalay and Fan Zhou＇s works are coming together to strengthen China＇s ties with Hungary on the countries＇ 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations.     

沉默在乡村的武举石(石质)

<正>在古代,由于信息不通,交通闭塞,一些乡村或溪渡隘口,常常遭遇盗贼匪帮的袭击,他们轻则劫走钱财,重则伤害人命。因此,民间为保家护宅,习武之风很盛。如今,我们还能看到许多沉默于乡村     

Venice Biennale: The Art of Communicating Resistance,Resistance as Art

ABSTRACT

This essay examines contemporary art as a tool of political resistance against existing and emerging ideologies as well as controversial and discriminatory cultural norms. On the example of the 2017 Venice Biennale, this research project analyses art, and more specifically, selected nation-specific exhibits, as pieces of critical pedagogy, representative of ideological and cultural resistance. Concentrating on the comparative analysis of art exhibits from US-American, Russian, and German national pavilions, this research project explains what their respective art communicates, what the main messages are, and elaborates on the impact, the salience, and the affect the exhibits have on their numerous audiences today, when the sphere of international and intercultural relations is challenged like never before. This essay further demonstrates that the exhibits challenge and critique the past and the present of their respective national cultures and attempt to refocus and humanize the future in the globalized world.     

岱庙旧影

<正>在古代传说中,泰山是一座死者魂魄聚集之山,泰山神则是掌管地狱的最高统治者。唐代以后,泰山神被封为天齐王、天齐仁圣帝、天齐大生仁圣帝。东岳庙就是专门祭祀泰山神的祠庙。到清代,除一些边疆地区外,几乎所有县级行政区域都有东岳庙,有的县还不止一处,东岳庙在各地的称呼还有岱庙、天齐庙、泰山庙、泰岳庙等。     

More Than Goth: The Rhetorical Reclamation of the Subcultural Self

I argue that Calvin Schrag's performative notion of the "self after postmodernity" provides an innovative, multidisciplinary approach to the investigation of the rhetorical functions of spectacular subcultures. Focusing my discussion on the discourse, fashion, and demeanor of goth subculturalists, I argue that active human agents through their choices, decisions, and actions, rhetorically coauthor a degree of self-constancy. The rhetorical nature of self-identity, group identity, and subcultural ideology is the focal point of my work.     

Painting and Erasing: A Way of Self Cultivation and Purification

Bian Qing has developed a painting method of his own.He first paints on a canvas with ink so that it is filled with unique black images.These images feature distinctive characteristics.They can be perceived as concrete objects,vague landscapes or simply color blocks with no significant meanings.Then he paints on the canvas with light pigments repeatedly until the original ink images become almost invisible,or in other words,to an extent that he is satisfied with.The original ink images are so blurred and