Qiaosheng HUANG. "An Art Right for Modern China" : Lu Xun’s Artistic View and the Development of Chinese New Graphics[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2022,32(4):35-45.
Qiaosheng HUANG. "An Art Right for Modern China" : Lu Xun’s Artistic View and the Development of Chinese New Graphics[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2022,32(4):35-45.DOI:
Lu Xun’s artistic view was tied to the development of modern Chinese graphics
for which he insisted on trying artistic innovations and having close relation to society at both national and individual levels. During the 1920s
Lu Xun was acutely aware of the rapid social transformation and the urgent need for diversifying art forms that reveal social changes and conflicts. Thus
he seeks artistic fusion between the western woodcuts and the traditional Chinese graphics while emphasizing that art must reflect historical events and be in everyday subjects. His artistic views
accompanied by burgeoning societal awareness for modernity
was a central force for developing Chinese new woodcuts
which were especially badly needed in the Second World War