复制、印刷和大众传播——木刻和年画、连环画、宣传画全盛的时代

毛泽东时代的艺术借助复制和印刷而传播,普及的目的决定了印刷品印数大和售价低,受欢迎的作品一版再版,原作似乎没有特别的价值。从艺术史上看,毛泽东时代是一个典型的印刷和临摹的时代,复制是传播的主要途径。虽然毛泽东时代的艺术与政治紧紧绑在一起,属于一种政治化的通俗艺术,今天对现实主义一统天下的批评往往掩盖了它在艺术上的成就,其实,它也有不太为人留意的进步,应当引起重视。

Copying, Publishing and Mass Communication——On the Peak Period of Woodcut and Poster

The art works of Mao Zedong era were widely spread by copying and printing,The goal of popularity decided the great number of copies and low price for each copy,and the beloved ones were printed repeatedly for many times.The originals seemed to be no special values except being printed.From the view of art history,Mao Zedong era is a typical one of copying and printing,or of duplication.Duplication had an importance for the spreading of art works.Though the arts of Mao Zedong era were bound to politics firmly,as politic and popular things criticized for the hegemony of realism,they have some achievements little known,which deserve careful study.