John R. Finlay “The Qianlong Emperor's Western Vistas: Linear Perspective and Trompe l'Oeil Illusion in the European Palaces of the Yuanming yuan” The Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-1795) delighted in the play of trompe l'oeil illusions made possible with the European artistic technique of linear perspective. Jesuit missionary- artists active at the Qing court—among them the Italian Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766)— catered to the imperial taste for exotic Western images in numerous paintings and mural decorations. However, the most spectacular visual illusions created for the emperor were part of the group of buildings in a hybrid European and Chinese style that were constructed at the Yuanming yuan, the Qing imperial garden-palace northwest o...
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At the command of the Qianlong emperor, Chinese troops conquered a vast territory in Central Asia in...
Le patronage impérial a exercé une forte influence sur les arts décoratifs de la dynastie Qing (1644...
This study aims to prove that the Yuánmíng Yuán was designed as a representation of the imperial mac...
tableOfContents: Preface p. 7 The Time of Qianlong, 1736-1795 by Wen Fong p. 9 The Intellectual C...
This research is arranged into three sections in order to elaborate on the hybrid innovation in yang...
The Imperial Summer Palace, also known as Yuanming Yuan or Garden of Perfect Brightness, emerged as ...
This paper presents a contextual use of the innovative drawing techniques that involved architecture...
Embracing an interdisciplinary approach to objects spanning the fields of art history, material cult...
The European palaces of the Emperor Qianlong, and their Italian sources. Built between 1747 and 176...
Kleutghen, Kristina. Imperial illusions: crossing pictorial boundaries in the Qing palace. Seattle :...
The celebration of the emperor, in China, before the Qing, was transmitted much less than in Europe ...
Completed in 1744, the imperial album “40 Views of the Yuanming yuan” contains 40 poems by the Qianl...
Session - Traveling ArtsWith arrival of Matteo Ricci’s in China in 1582, Chinese elite were confront...
Session P8 - Ideology and Technology: Artistic visions constructing cultural identities and politica...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2019In the twenty-second year of his reign, Emperor Qia...
At the command of the Qianlong emperor, Chinese troops conquered a vast territory in Central Asia in...
Le patronage impérial a exercé une forte influence sur les arts décoratifs de la dynastie Qing (1644...
This study aims to prove that the Yuánmíng Yuán was designed as a representation of the imperial mac...
tableOfContents: Preface p. 7 The Time of Qianlong, 1736-1795 by Wen Fong p. 9 The Intellectual C...
This research is arranged into three sections in order to elaborate on the hybrid innovation in yang...
The Imperial Summer Palace, also known as Yuanming Yuan or Garden of Perfect Brightness, emerged as ...
This paper presents a contextual use of the innovative drawing techniques that involved architecture...
Embracing an interdisciplinary approach to objects spanning the fields of art history, material cult...