ARTH 11A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Qianlong Emperor, Chinese Art, Court Painter
16 Feb 2018
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Western art in china: the case of giuseppe castiglione. The virgin appearing to st. ignatius (by castiglione, before 1715: standard imagery for western saints. Portrait of a young man by pontormo, 1530s: holding the book to show scholarly, twist of upper body = characteristic of western portraiture, different from western not a full body, not a full frontal view. Qianlong emperor on horseback by castiglione: emperors are ethic group of manchus (not usual han culture, horses are part of military culture, emperor is wearing armor on horse, more naturalistic style serves emperor to show off horse. Portrait of the qianlong emperor by william alexander: another jesuit in china, no adaption to chinese style, very western style. Portrait of the qianlong emperor as the bodhisattva manjusri: shows emperor being buddhist saint, adoption of chinese ruler (while no western ruler would) Neighborhood countries need to pay emperor with gifts in order to be in good standard with chinese emperor/government.
