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...museum needs collections that allow us to examine the art thoughtfully.”There are pieces that show expressionism and others that show naturalism. The collection also represents a wide spectrum of history, ranging from the Han Dynasty (206 BC—AD 220) to the recent Qing dynasty (1644—1911). Chronologically, Mowry notes that the exhibition shows the “evolution of styles and aesthetics” within East Asian art.Walking through the exhibition is like walking through the history of China, Japan, and Korea—albeit a history with zoological undertones.The first...
...Three Emperors, 1662-1795" show until mid-April: artifacts from ancient dynasties, flowing calligraphy, elaborate scrolls, magnificent dragon-decorated robes, priceless jades and ancestor paintings that represent the most important Confucian value, filial piety. In fact, the subjects of this exhibition are a father, his son and grandson - the Qing Emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong - who ruled the Middle Kingdom for 133 consecutive years and expanded China even beyond its present-day borders. And the trio weren't even Chinese. They were Manchus, hunters and fishers from north of the Great Wall who successfully vanquished the crumbling Ming Dynasty...
...father. The older man is handing his son a sprig of flowering apricot, symbolizing a peaceful transition of power and wishes for a fruitful reign. Yongzheng did not want his chosen heir to suffer the questions of legitimacy that he did. The Royal Academy exhibition is much more than Qing propaganda, exquisite as it is. There is a large room devoted to literati paintings, some produced by Ming loyalists protesting foreign rule in subtle works that speak of isolation, removal or quiet outrage. And many artifacts demonstrate the three Emperors' fascination with technology from Europe, like clocks and sextants...
...original. When asked if Fudan had purchased books from other world-renowned universities, Hao said in Mandarin, “Perhaps 200-300 from MIT, but basically just Harvard.” The librarians said they view the acquisitions as a way to “liao jie qing kuang,” or “understand the circumstances.” In a 2005 study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University released a list of the top 500 universities in the world. As was the case in 2004, Harvard ranked first in the world, with a full score...
...traveled to China in the late 1970s as a student and then a foreign correspondent, the Chinese were giddily beginning to explore the new boundaries of freedom after Mao Zedong's death. There was a propaganda onslaught against the Gang of Four--the quartet (including Mao's wife Jiang Qing) that was blamed for the Cultural Revolution, the decade of terror that Mao had unleashed and then nourished. Mao didn't count among the fiendish four, but when the plucky Chinese I encountered talked of the Gang, they would hold up five fingers, then fold the thumb back slowly...