ARTH 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ai Weiwei, Degrees Of Glory, Chinoiserie
2 Nov 2014
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Apes or monkeys would take the place of the chinese. British and american artists would spend time in china in the 20th century (they"d visit the celestial kingdom to paint and enjoy the fantasy lifestyle) Kate carl for diplomatic reasons was allowed to paint portraits of the dowager empress of. The imperial face was not to be presented until the death. Mary augusta mullikin - the nine sacred mountains of china (documented all the mountains) Ai weiwei dropping a han dynasty urn, 1955. The silk road - negotiated strong trade agreements. Silk was the object that was preferred by rome. Silk became a virtual walking symbol of the desire of sex amongst maidens. Romans wanted to control the consumption of silk. The chinese weren"t interested in trading it for anything (they wanted to trade it for gold coins). The idea was to cut down the consumption on that currency exchange.
