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Peking was already more than 2,000 years old when one of its invading conquerors decided to make it a place of splendor. The Mongol Emperor Kublai, grandson of Genghis Khan, ordered the building of Green Mount, a hill that was dotted with evergreens brought from far and wide by imperial elephants, paved with a layer of green copper ore and topped by a green pavilion. Marco Polo reported in wonderment: "The great Khan caused all this to be made for the comfort of his spirit...
...Naked Emperors. Goya's foreign contemporaries -Guardi, Gainsborough, Fragonard-specialized in elegance. Goya did too, but instinctively pricked the bubbles he blew, fastening on the frivolous, pompous and stupid personalities inside the fine clothes of his noble sitters. Like the naked emperor of the fable, they seemed not to notice. Charles IV made him court painter and gave him a carriage. Occasionally Goya was commissioned to portray a beautiful woman, which enabled him to exhibit a warmer side. Friends who sat for him got off lightly; he could still admire...
...Even more disconcerting, the professor would merely tip his brown fedora, whatever one did, and quietly amble on. Sometimes he would ride to the college by bus and crowded electric tram. But if he happened to be late, he would occasionally pull up in an imperial limousine with the Emperor's chrysanthemum crest on the door. Furthermore, there was the problem of knowing how to address him. The new professor was none other than Prince Takahito Mikasa, 39, brother of the Emperor, and the only prince of the royal blood ever to teach in a classroom...
...only with sacrificial entrails, but in other useful ways, more and more Vietnamese last week gave signs of Diem's growing control in his divided country. At Hue, the ancient royal capital of Annam. the council of the royal family, asserting an ancient prerogative, read ex-Emperor Bao Dai out of the family, forbade him the use of the imperial name, and pledged support to Diem's republican government...
From the Moon. Peking opera, the most famed and influential of many Chinese schools, is a mere 1,241 years old. Its founder was Emperor Hsuan who set it up, so the story goes, after he visited the moon and developed a taste for the entertainment in the Jade Palace of the lunar emperor. Luxurious as it is, Chinese opera is true popular entertainment, attended by anybody who can spare a few pennies, until its plots and morals have become a basic part of the culture...