January 2020
One of the greatest cases of Sino-European cultural interaction before 1911 took place in the Qing court when emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong hosted and patronized a number of Jesuit artists and artisans from Europe. The Jesuits were trying to impress the emperors with supposedly superior scientific knowledge in order to help spread Christianity in China, while the emperors integrated the missionaries’ foreign painting techniques into court art to extend their own political ends.
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This paper looks at the use of portraiture by the Manchu official Qiying (1787-1858) who was sent by the Daoguang Emperor (r.1820-1850) to Guangdong for the negotiations of the Nanjing Treaty after the Opium War (1839-1841). By looking at the different practices involved in the gifting of portraits in Europe and China, the paper will highlight the problems of communications and exchanges between Britain and China during this period. It will also show how Guangdong’s leading merchants were instrumental in these discussions and how they were active players in Guangdong’s local community and Qing politics.
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Art and its Histories: Scholars in Lecture Rome and her Legacy: Classical Art in the 21st Century Date: 21 April 2020 (Tuesday) Time: 6:30-7:30pm Registration: Click here to register via Zoom (With [...]
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Writing Nara Yoshitomo: A Conversation with Author Yeewan Koon Drink Reception 6:30pm Discussion 7:00pm Close 8:00pm Yeewan Koon, author of Nara Yoshitomo (Phaidon, 2020), will join us in an evening [...]
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Art and its Histories: Scholars in Lecture An Unexpected Masterpiece: Luo Ping’s Ghost Amusement Scroll Date: 9 September 2020 (Wednesday) Time: 6:30-7:30pm Registration: Click here to join the Free Facebook [...]
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This talk is organized by HKU Fine Arts and Art History Alumni Association (HKUFAAA). Knowing Botticelli Date: 17 November 2020 (Tuesday) Time: 6:30pm-7:30pm Venue: Online (Zoom) Speaker: Dr. Sim Hinman [...]
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On the occasion of this year’s translation to Chinese of Douglas Crimp’s seminal book On The Museum’s Ruins (1993), the Department of Art History offers an introductory course the discursive field of Douglas Crimp (1944-2019), the art historian, critic, curator and AIDS activist, who generated some of the most enduring, foundational texts on postmodern art, queer theory, and institutional critique.
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Research Postgraduate Seminar Watermoon Avalokiteshvara Paintings and their Viewers and Producers in East Asia Date: 10 December 2020 (Thursday) Time: 5:30-6:30pm Venue: 7.58, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU [...]
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Art History Seminar: The Laboring of Art: The Rise of Socialist Amateur Art Practice and the Arrival of the Contemporary in the People's Republic of China Date: 14 December 2020 [...]
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This talk is organized by Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Art & Conversation: Yoshitomo Nara | Who is that big-headed girl? Date: 6 January 2021 (Wednesday) Time: 10-11am [...]
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