Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture: Tradition, Modernity, and Globalization
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Understanding Chinese Visual Tradition

The central theme of the contemporary debates about traditional practices within Chinese visual culture is a dilemma rooted in the traditional dynamic relationship between the Chinese individual and nature (see figure 4). Is it

Figure 4. Winter. (From the Four Seasons). Print. 2005. Huang Yan. Private collection.