Symposium : “Jesuits and the Arts in China”.

Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining), Ayusi brandissant sa lance, 1755, rouleau horizontal, encre et couleurs sur papier, 27 x 104 cm, Taipei, musée national du palais.

Type : symposium.
Date de la manifestation : du 11 au 12 avril 2016.
Lieu : Department of Fine Arts, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

A research symposium exploring the role of the Jesuits in the production of art and architecture in China in the 17th and 18th centuries. Hosted by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong and funded by the Arts Faculty’s Strategic Research Theme in China-West Studies. With no registration necessary, the symposium is free and open to the public. For information, contact Professor Greg Thomas, gmthomas@hku.hk

Programme :

Lundi 11 Avril 2016 

14h00 Welcome.
14h10 Gauvin BAILEY (Queen’s University) keynote talk: The Migration of Forms in the Art of the Jesuit Missions in Japan and China.
15h15 Tea break.
3h30 SONG Gang (University of Hong Kong): Printing Tianxüe : The Ascendance of Catholic Imprints in 17th-Century China.
4h15 QU Yi (Nanjing University of the Arts): Alphabetic Characters in European Images and their Influence in China.

Mardi 12  avril 2016

10h00 Greg THOMAS (University of Hong Kong): Religious Negotiation in the Decoration of the Western Palaces at Yuanming Yuan.
10h45 CHIU Che Bing (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture and School of Architecture Tianjin): The Jesuits and the Representation of Yuanming Yuan in the West.
11h30 Tea break.
11h45 YU Pei-chin (National Palace Museum Taipei): Issues Related to the Production of Ceramics as Seen in the Letters of Père François Xavier d’Entrecolles.
12h30 Lunch break.
14h30 Kee Il CHOI (art consultant, U.S., and University of Warwick): The Talented Mr. Panzi : A Jesuit Painter and His Lamentable Debut at the Qing Court.
15h15 Marco MUSILLO (Kunsthistorisches Institut): Global Hagiographies versus Local Praxis: Giuseppe Castiglione in Jesuit History and in the Painting Workshop (1700–1766).
16h00 Reception.