The Development Research Of Chinese Modern Public Sculpture

This article discusses the Chinese modern public sculpture and focuses on the analysis of theChina’s modern public sculpture development in different historical periods.Chinese modern public sculpture is an exotic. From late nineteenth Century, it imported fromwestern countries. This article analyses according to the history of Chinese history: colonial period——the period of the republic of China——the early days and during the cultural revolution——after thereform and opening up. This article teases public sculptures on the Chinese mainland, analyses the mainworks in each time, and discusses the impact of Chinese public sculpture by the different cultural andhistorical background, social factors and ideology in different periods. It formats its differentcharacteristics and their relations. And it has carried on the thorough analysis of the development andcharacteristics of different period of Chinese sculpture education and several generations of sculptors.This article in composed of three parts: introduction, three chapters and conclusion:In the first part of this article, it analyses the research object, research method, research origin, andresearch status and research key difficulty.The first chapter focuses on the colonial settlers’ established public sculpture and the period of therepublic of China’s first generation of sculptors created public sculpture. Colonial ruler forced openingChinese. Western thought, new culture movement, the art of revolution, new art schools andassociations influenced directly or indirectly the rise of Chinese modern sculpture. Colonists arebeginning to build modern public sculptures in the concession of public space, public buildings, publicgarden and private garden. Sculptors in the period of Republic of China all returned after hard study inthe abroad. They made outstanding contributions for the China modern sculpture and sculptureeducation undertakings in the period of Republic of China.The second chapter mainly discusses the development history of the public sculpture in the earlyliberation of the new China and Cultural Revolution. Chinese artists association was founded,“let ahundred flowers blossom, let a hundred schools of thought contend”,“two combinations”, these policiesimportant influenced the modern sculpture. Before the relations rigid between the new China and theSoviet Union, almost all areas are deeply influenced by Soviet, including sculpture education andsculpture design. The largest public sculpture project in this period is the monument to the people’sheroes, later the sculptures of ten large buildings. During the “cultural revolution” Mao Zedongsculptures were building flourish across the country. It reveals this period of public sculpturecompletely shrouded in the shadow of politics. Public sculptures show unique artistic characteristics.The third chapter illustrates the development history of Chinese modern public sculptures after thereform and opening up with the background of economic development. During this period the publicsculptures show all flowers bloom together. From stainless steel sculptures, follow the same pattern, to the variety of style. The national guiding committee for public sculpture indicates the direction for theprosperity of Chinese public sculpture development. Various international sculpture camps,international public sculpture contest make Sculpture Park began to prosper. Most of these parks are thefamous person sculpture parks. After nearly thirty years of construction, development of Sculpture Parkis ups and downs. The management of Sculpture Park is anxious.The conclusion part summarized the whole article. The different periods of Chinese publicsculpture development characteristics were discussed in this article. This article analyzes the presentsituation of Chinese modern public sculpture. Nowadays, in public sculptures, good and bad are mixedtogether. This phenomenon makes many sculptors start to constant the development of Chinese publicsculpture deeply, reflect on the Chinese traditional sculpture, and strive to make China public sculpturedevelopment trend of good and reasonable.