One Hundred Horses: An Italian Master in Imperial China
About this episode
The episode discusses the life and work of Giuseppe Castiglione, an Italian painter who influenced Qing dynasty art.
Today, we’ll talk about the Italian Jesuit painter Giuseppe Castiglione, who crossed cultural boundaries to serve three Qing emperors and created a groundbreaking fusion of European realism and Chinese court painting, most famously represented by his masterpiece One Hundred Horses.
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