{"product_id":"madame-song-9780500480953","title":"Madame Song","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first book to explore the life and times of Chinese artist, businesswoman, socialite and style expert âMadame Songâ, whose life was spent in the company of a Whoâs Who of Cold War China and which paralleled the highs and lows of the countryâs history.      The extraordinary life story of Song Huai-Kuei, better known as Madame Song, follows the arc of 20th-century history. Artist, entrepreneur and impresario, Song broke cultural barriers for love, transcended Cold War borders for her art, and laid the foundations for a global fashion industry. With her cosmopolitan outlook, she defined an influential vision for Chinese culture on the world stage and asserted an Asian perspective in 21st-century art and design. Madame Song is a name that everyone interested in the roots of contemporary visual culture needs to know.   At the heart of this volume is a critical biography that explores Songâs youth in revolutionary China, her cross-cultural marriage to Bulgarian fibre artist Maryn Varban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Beijing to Sofia (1937–58)\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sofia to Paris (1959–74)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Paris to Beijing (1975–81)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hangzhou to Beijing (1982–89)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Beijing to the World (1989–2006)","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402771276119,"sku":"9780500480953","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780500480953.jpg?v=1730481465","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/madame-song-9780500480953","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}