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*''Born: [[1688]], Milan''

*''Born: [[1688]], Milan''

*''Died: [[1766]], July 17''

*''Died: [[1766]], July 17''

*''Chinese'': 郎世寧 ''(Lang Shining)''

*''Chinese'': 郎世寧 ''(Láng Shìníng)''

Giuseppe Castiglione was a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionary and prominent and influential [[court painter]] in the court of [[Qing Dynasty]] China. Melding European painting techniques & media with those of traditional Chinese painting, he produced stunningly innovative works which thoroughly impressed the [[Qianlong Emperor]]; however, while his works are quite highly praised today by art historians, he did not have a particularly strong immediate or lasting effect upon the development of Chinese art, which stuck quite conservatively to traditional modes, rejecting for the most part innovations introduced by Castiglione, such as linear perspective.

Giuseppe Castiglione was a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionary and prominent and influential [[court painter]] in the court of [[Qing Dynasty]] China. Melding European painting techniques & media with those of traditional Chinese painting, he produced stunningly innovative works which thoroughly impressed the [[Qianlong Emperor]]; however, while his works are quite highly praised today by art historians, he did not have a particularly strong immediate or lasting effect upon the development of Chinese art, which stuck quite conservatively to traditional modes, rejecting for the most part innovations introduced by Castiglione, such as linear perspective.