New songs on ancient tunes

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Contents: A fine melody will sound throughout the ages making lofty words gleam beautiful as gems / Richard Fabian -- Fractured China, 1850-1950 / Jonathan Spence -- New songs on ancient tunes : 19th-20th century Chinese painting and calligraphy from the Richard Fabian collection / Stephen Little -- Open country : tradition and innovation in modern Chinese painting / Chu-Tsing Li -- Chinese calligraphy in the mid to late Qing and Republican periods (1850-1950) / Qianshen Bai -- The Richard Fabian collection. Orthodoxy in the late Qing dynasty ; Jinshi movement calligraphy ; Jiangnan regional schools ; Shanghai ; Artists active in Northern China ; Southern artists ; Transnational exchange ; Mid-century : traditional masters ; Cultural revolution : before and after ; Post-revolution monumentalism. Book by Stephen Little, with essays by Richard Fabian and others, contributions by Janet Carpenter and others, and edited by J. May Lee Barrett.