traditional chinese vs western conceptions of space2
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Examines Traditional Chinese Vs Western Conceptions Of Space by looking at scrolls created during Qing Dynasty China.TRANSCRIPT
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Robert Ponzio Chair, Fine Arts Oak Hall School Gainesville, FL
“Journey Through Space”
What the Kangxi and Qianlong
Southern Inspection Tour Scrolls reveal about
Chinese and Western Concep'ons of
SPACE
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Website studies Qing Dynasty History and Culture by examining Southern InspecGon Tour scrolls commissioned by
Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong
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Kangxi Emperor Reigned 1662‐1722
Portrait of the Kangxi Emperor as a Young Man, Anonymous
The Manchus were foreigners who established the Qing Dynasty after
conquering the Ming.
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Tradi'onal Western Depic'ons of Space
•Concerned with reproducing how the eye sees
• Image has fixed edges
•Organized based on receding vanishing points
•ArGst controls viewer vantage point
One Point PerspecGve System
GenGle Bellini’s “Procession in Piazza San Marco”, 1496
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Tradi'onal Chinese Depic'on of Space
ArGst Wang Hui’s hand scrolls uGlize tradiGonal Chinese depicGons of space.
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The Hand Scroll Format
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TradiGonal Chinese Maps: Experience of the journey is more important than Scale
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SpaGal TransiGon Point
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Mist / TransiGon‐ Kangxi Scroll 7
Working with the tradiGonal Chinese concepGons of shi]ing space, Wang Hui uGlizes a thick fog to fade out from one scene to the next.
This creaGve means of transiGoning impressed upon the viewer the percepGon of the passing of Gme.
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Elements of the landscape and architecture are subtly revealed as they peak out of the mist, allowing the viewer to gain a sense of traveling over a great distance.
As the mist ulGmately disappears, we then find ourselves in the next town.
Mist / TransiGon‐ Kangxi Scroll 7
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Wang Hui shows travelers disappearing into the mist as they embark upon a long journey…
Mist / TransiGon‐ Kangxi Scroll 3
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…they eventually reappear a]er an immeasurable passage of Gme and distance.
Mist / TransiGon‐ Kangxi Scroll 3
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Qianlong Emperor Reigned 1736‐96
Inaugura'on Portrait of Qianlong (Detail) Giuseppe Cas'glione (Lang Shining), 1736
Expansion of Qing Empire
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Qianlong Emperor as the BodhisaDva Manjusri (Detail), face by
Giuseppe Cas'glione (Lang Shining)
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Giuseppe CasGglione,
(Lang Shih‐ning), 1688‐1766
Introduces The
Vanishing Point
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Influence of Western PerspecGve in Qianlong Scrolls
Qianlong Scroll Number 4 by Xu Yang
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More concerned with reproducing how the eye sees than in Kangxi scrolls.
Xu Yang maintains consistent vanishing points throughout duraGon of scroll.
Qianlong Scroll Number 4 by Xu Yang
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Figures diminish in size and number limiGng informaGon available to viewer.
Qianlong Scroll Number 6 by Xu Yang
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This presentation was complied by Robert Ponzio
Chair, Fine Arts Department, Oak Hall School, Gainesville in response to the workshop:
University of Florida - Asia Studies