| Painters and Politics in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979 |
| Acknowledgments |
| Abbreviations |
| Introduction |
 | One Revolutionaries and Academics Art of the Republican Period |
 | Two The Reform of Chinese Art 1949-1952 |
| Liberation: Communists and Academics Unite |
| "He Brought with Him the Yan'an Style": Jiang Feng and the Academies |
| • | Publishing Houses and Popularization |
| • | The Problem of Guohua |
| • | The Making and Remaking of a Cultural Icon: Dong Xiwen's the Founding of the Nation |
| Artists Serve the People |
| • | Shi Lu |
| Three From Popularization to Specialization |
| Four The Politicization of Guohua |
| Five The Great Leap Forward and Its Aftermath More, Faster Better Cheaper" |
| Six The Cultural Revolution |
| Seven The Transition to "Artistic Democracy" 1976-1979 |
| Appendix I National Arts Administrators, 1949 |
| Appendix 2 National Art Administrators, 1960 |
| Appendix 3 National Art Administrators, 1979 |
| Appendix 4 Oil Painters in the Soviet Manner |
| Notes |
| List of Chinese Names and Terms |
| Selected Bibliography |
| Illustrations |
| Index |