23.3cm กม 31.2cm,     

210 pages, 1995.

ISBN 

7-119-00388-7 

Published by Foreign Languages Press Beijing, China

Contents

Introduction

Part One Ancient Woodcuts

I. The Invention of Chinese Block Printing and the Rise of Woodcut prints

II. Woodcut Prints from the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties

III. Woodcut Prints of the Song and Yuan Dynasties

IV. Woodcut Prints of the Ming Dynasty

1. Prints of the Early Ming Dynasty

2. Woodcut Prints of Mid Ming Dynasty

3. The Hui School of Engraving

4. Rise of Art-Manual Block Prints

5. The Climax of Late Ming Dynasty Woodcut Prints

V. Woodcut Prints of the Qing Dynasty

1. Imperial Block Prints of the Early Qing Dynasty

2. Resurgence of Woodcut Prints

3. The Lingering Light of Woodcut Prints at the End of the Qing Dynasty

4. The Rise of Rongbaozhai

VI. Woodcuts Among the People

1. Yangliuqing New Year prints

2. Taohuawu New Year Prints

3. Southern Shanxi New Year Prints

Part Two Modern Woodcuts

I. Lu Xun and the modern Woodcut Movement

1. Background of the Times

2. Why Lu Xun Advocated the Modern Woodcut

3. How Lu Xun Fostered the Modern Woodcut

II. The Modern Woodcut Movement in Shanghai in the Thirties

III. Nationwide Modern Woodcut Movement in the Forties

1. Woodcut Movement in Liberated Areas

2. Woodcut Movement in Kuomintang Areas

IV. Development of Woodcut Prints After the Birth of New China

Afterword

List of Plates