ORIENTATIONS

VOLUME 36 NUMBER 8 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005

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Table of Contents

China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795

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Introduction

This special issue focuses on 'China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795', an
exhibition opening at the Royal Academy of Arts on 12 November. As a foreign
dynasty and China's last, the Manchu Qing have been misunderstood and much
maligned through most of the 20th century. In the last decade, research into
imperial archives has cast a more positive light on the dynasty's
achievements; with the opening up of China's museums, material culture has
shown that the Qing court at its height was a dazzling spectacle that
probably eclipsed its European counterpart at Versailles. This exhibition
features loans from the Palace Museum in Beijing, many of them on view
overseas for the first time. Lead curator Jessica Rawson introduces the
show's highlights. Alfreda Murck provides a poignant counterpoint by
exploring how Chinese literati responded to Manchu invasion; while Regina
Krahl explores the neglected artistic contributions of the Yongzheng
emperor. Interviews with the academy's Exhibitions Secretary Norman
Rosenthal and the show's designer Ivor Heal provide insight into how
large-scale exhibitions like this are organized.

'China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795': An Exhibition from The Palace
Museum, Beijing
Jessica Rawson

Responses to the Manchu Conquest: Wu Hong and Kong Shangren
Alfreda Murck

Art in the Yongzheng Period: Legacy of an Eccentric Art Lover
Regina Krahl

Interviews with Norman Rosenthal and Ivor Heal
Meri Arichi and Hwang Yin

A Collection of Chinese Painting Comes to Canada
Maxwell K. Hearn

An Evening with Sandy and Cecile Mactaggart, Discussing Their Chinese
Textile Collection
John E. Vollmer

Finial for a Monk's Staff
Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

Leisurely Pursuits of Orientations Readers

Book Review
Helen Ibbitson Jessup

Symposium Report
Diana Collins

Hong Kong's Art Fairs

Interview with Gisele Croes

September Auctions in New York
Margaret Tao

A Letter from New Orleans
Lisa Rotondo-McCord

Announcements

Art as Ambassador
Kate Fitz Gibbon

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