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He also patronized [[Giuseppe Castiglione]], an Italian [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionary and artist, appointing him court painter, and encouraging experimentation with incorporating Western artistic techniques (e.g. perspective, realistic light & shadow, realistic detail) into traditional Chinese painting. He commissioned Castiglione in [[1737]] to design a number of pavilions for the Imperial gardens; with the help of other Jesuit artists, architects, and the like, he saw the [[Yuanmingyuan]] (aka the Old Summer Palace) built in [[1747]]-[[1759]].
He also patronized [[Giuseppe Castiglione]], an Italian [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionary and artist, appointing him court painter, and encouraging experimentation with incorporating Western artistic techniques (e.g. perspective, realistic light & shadow, realistic detail) into traditional Chinese painting. He commissioned Castiglione in [[1737]] to design a number of pavilions for the Imperial gardens; with the help of other Jesuit artists, architects, and the like, he saw the [[Yuanmingyuan]] (aka the Old Summer Palace) built in [[1747]]-[[1759]].
Qianlong also commissioned 15,000 scribes to compile a collection of classics, history, letters, and philosophy known as the ''Four Treasures'', a work which took fifteen years to complete.<ref>[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Chinese Civilization'', Third Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 115.</ref>
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