

This pressure went beyond the desire for the show to be a commercial success.

When it was announced in September of last year that the show would be bringing together the country's top director, actress and scriptwriter, anticipation for the show shot through the roof, as did pressure on producers. Following in the footsteps of Zhang's Golden Bear winning film and in the wake of Mo Yan's Nobel Prize for Literature win in 2012, the show has quite a lot to live up to as comparisons to these earlier works are inevitable. Now it seems that it's time for TV to see if it can take a ride on the "red" train, as Red Sorghum, a 60-episode TV adaption of Mo Yan's novel, is currently showing on living room screens. Starring Gong Li and Jiang Wen, the film left a huge impression on the minds of audiences with its sweeping vistas of endless stretches of sorghum fields. which has been a favorite choice for adaptation to the stage and silver screen since it was first published in 1986, the most famous of these probably being the critically acclaimed film Red Sorghum by Zhang Yimou. Then we have the extremely famous novel Red Sorghum Clan by Nobel Prize winning author Mo Yan. We also have the numerous works of literature written during China's revolutionary period, which were later grouped together under the term "Red Works" to commemorate this time in New China's history. Take the well-known classic A Dream of Red Mansions, which has had such an impact that it even has its own academic field of study known as Redology. The book offers valuable tips on how to avoid common mistakes often experienced by new collectors drawn from the author's personal experiences as a collector and fine art dealer.Zhou Xun as Jiu'er in the TV series Red Sorghum Photo: CFPRed has always been an auspicious color in China, to the point it seems that the auspicious nature of this color can even rub off on works of literature. A longtime collector and owner of two fine art galleries, Alterman wanted to create a user-friendly book intended not only to educate collectors and enthusiasts about this art but to help train one's eye. Alterman, an expert in the field of Pennsylvania Impressionist and Modernist painting. New Hope for American Art was authored, designed and published by James M. In this book, you'll find biographies and artwork from such artists as: This book, with its 612 pages and over 1,000 color plates of artwork include biographies of 165 individual Pennsylvania Impressionists and New Hope Modernists as well as artists from the Philadelphia Ten, a pioneering group of women all educated at Philadelphia art schools.

New Hope for American Art is the most comprehensive book ever published on artists from, and surrounding, the New Hope Art Colony (also known as the Pennsylvania Impressionists).
