越是逼近世纪之交，就越是不免回首百年。只有认真反思既往，才可能高视阔步地走向未来，对本世纪文化、美术的发展而言，更是如此。上个世纪中国在鸦片战争中的失败，与随之而来的门户开放，造成了现代西方列强在中国势力范围的扩展和西方文明在神州大地的广泛传播。在此以前 The more we approach the turn of the century, the more we can not help but look back on a hundred years. Only by earnestly rethinking the past can we move forward to the future with daunting strides, especially for the development of culture and fine arts in this century. The failure of China in the Opium War in the last century and the consequent opening of its doors have caused the expansion of the power of the modern Western powers in China and the widespread spread of Western civilizations in the vast land of China. Before this