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'A Silent Opera' of Ch'ing Dynasty Art |
| Section: THE ARTS / EXHIBITION |
| Author: Susan Fegley Osmond |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1986 |
| Size: 1,305 Words, 8,019 Characters |
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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Chinese scholar-painters opened a new era of diversity and innovation in painting and calligraphy. Viewers can now relish the works of this era in an exhibition of "Painting and Calligraphy of the Ch'ing Dynasty," on display at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. until January 31, 1986.
In 1644 a tribe of Manchurian warriors marched into Beijing and brought down the 276-year-old Ming dynasty. The resulting Ch'ing dynasty ruled until 1911. The Manchu rulers adopted the culture of the land they had invaded, however, and their courts patronized the most traditional styles of Chinese art.
During the seventeenth century Chinese society became increasingly complex. The affluent merchant class gained independence from the cour...
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...Chinese culture.
The Freer Gallery houses a world-renowned permanent collection of the arts of Asia from Japan to the Mediterranean, and works by nineteenth and twentieth century painters influenced by Oriental styles. The permanent collection is shown in a series of special exhibitions, in an uncluttered atmosphere most conducive to reflective study of the masterworks of the Orient.
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