One Painting, Two Emperors, and Their Cultural Agendas: Reinterpreting the Qingming Shanghe Painting of 1737

This research focuses on one of the most famous paintings made at the court of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911)— (Up the River during Qingming). Commissioned by the Yongzheng emperor (r. 1723–1735) and completed in the second year of the Qianlong emperor's reign (1736–1795), the painting is a rare...

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Published in:Archives of Asian art 2020-04, Vol.70 (1), p.85-117
Main Author: Wang, Cheng-hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
18th century
Art and Visual Culture
Asian Studies
Chinese culture
Commissioned works
Culture
Poetry
Politics
Qianlong, Emperor of China (1711-1799)
Royalty
Visual arts
Yongzheng, Emperor of China (1677-1735)
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