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*''Born: [[1688]], Milan''
*''Died: [[1766]], July 17''
*''Chinese'': 郎世寧 ''(Lang Shining)''
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.
Castiglione was born in Milan in 1688 and joined the Society of Jesus in 1707. He is known to have painted a number of impressive religious works, including altar pieces for both Genoa and Portugal, before leaving for the Far East in [[1714]]. He made his way to Beijing via [[Goa]] and [[Macao]], and is recorded as having been presented before the [[Kangxi Emperor]] in late [[1715]].
Within a few short years, he had mastered a new form or style of painting he developed himself, melding Western and Chinese techniques. One of his most famous works, depicting a flower arrangement in a [[celadon]] vase, and titled "Auspicious Object," was completed in 1723, only eight years after he arrived in China.
In [[1737]], the Qianlong Emperor, the first to appreciate his aesthetic, and to take to a fascination with Western culture, ordered Castiglione to design a number of Western-style pavilions for the Imperial gardens. Castiglione designed the [[Yuan-ming-yuan]] with help from his fellow Jesuits, and saw it built from 1747-1759. (It was later destroyed in [[1860]], however, by British and French forces during the [[Second Opium War]].)
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==References==
*Lee, Sherman. "Varieties of Portraiture in Chinese and Japanese Art." ''Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art'' 64:4 (1977). pp118-136.
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*''Died: [[1766]], July 17''
*''Chinese'': 郎世寧 ''(Lang Shining)''
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.
Castiglione was born in Milan in 1688 and joined the Society of Jesus in 1707. He is known to have painted a number of impressive religious works, including altar pieces for both Genoa and Portugal, before leaving for the Far East in [[1714]]. He made his way to Beijing via [[Goa]] and [[Macao]], and is recorded as having been presented before the [[Kangxi Emperor]] in late [[1715]].
Within a few short years, he had mastered a new form or style of painting he developed himself, melding Western and Chinese techniques. One of his most famous works, depicting a flower arrangement in a [[celadon]] vase, and titled "Auspicious Object," was completed in 1723, only eight years after he arrived in China.
In [[1737]], the Qianlong Emperor, the first to appreciate his aesthetic, and to take to a fascination with Western culture, ordered Castiglione to design a number of Western-style pavilions for the Imperial gardens. Castiglione designed the [[Yuan-ming-yuan]] with help from his fellow Jesuits, and saw it built from 1747-1759. (It was later destroyed in [[1860]], however, by British and French forces during the [[Second Opium War]].)
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==References==
*Lee, Sherman. "Varieties of Portraiture in Chinese and Japanese Art." ''Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art'' 64:4 (1977). pp118-136.
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Foreigners]]