the missionary couldn't have known that he'd end up serving in the court of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and would become known as a court painter under his Chinese name of Lang Shining. Castiglione ...

At the exhibition Rejoicing in Woods and Springs, visitors observe a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) painting depicting Emperor ...

21.1 x 22.6 cm. (8.3 x 8.9 in.) ...

Birds & Beasts' mainly focuses on the rank badges that civil and military officers would have worn during the Qing dynasty in ...

Manchu North-east China Manchu They conquered China and founded the Qing dynasty. Han China Chinese They are the largest ... of poetry and liked to collect art. He sponsored many cultural projects ...

Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), ...