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The Role of European Influence on Chinese Art and Culture

   

Added on  2020-07-23

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What do displays of Chinese and Chinese-style objectsin European museums and palaces from the 16th-18thcenturies tell us about images of China at this time.
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTIONTimberwork is main ancient architecture of China. In East Asia significance of Chinesearchitecture is from over so many centuries. Chinese art is related to ocular art, both ancient andmodern, the patterns and designs of Chinese art have remained largely unchanged. The impact ofChinese culture and heritage is very influential in round the countries. Their cultures and ritualsare considered as a oldest traditions in the world. In China there is unique tradition of ink washpainting which is very famous across the nations. This tradition is conducted by court painters orscholar officials (Cheang, 2015). This essay is based on significance of Chinese style objects inEuropean museum and image of China in 16th - 18th century. Museum is a collection of objects which are related to ancient history or a time period. Itis storage of cultural history in the form of art end equipments, it a representation of art andculture. European cities have largest museum across the whole world. Art, historic, cultural andwar are the types of Museum. The word museum is derived from the Latin word 'musea'. Thepurpose of the museum is to collect, preserve and display art, culture and history. SmithsonianInstitution, is considered as a respected research centre. The purpose of the Museum is differentin each case. Some focus on the education and preservation and some on tourist point of view. Itsaim is to display functions and objects. In almost every museum it is not allowed to touch or feelthe artifacts. In early days the concept of museum is much different from the present world. It acollection of private commodity of wealthy individuals, groups or organisations of rare artifactsand objects. First appearance of modern museums was seen in western Europe, then in the otherparts of the world. Middle – Upper classes are only allowed to visit public museum in early days.The main reason behind this was that large and uncultured crowd will damage the commoditiesof the museum, that's why only limited classes are allowed to access the museum in order tomaintain its elegance (Falk, 2016). The visitors of China and Japan was so attracted towards theEuropean museum and their cultures but the main difficulty is language problem and the problemin understanding the significance of their art and sculptures. The management of the museumdepends on its size and culture, but no matter big or small it is very essential for Europeanmuseums to follow governance hierarchy. The main difference between new and old agemuseum is that nowadays they are not based on educational superstition. The plan and design ofthe museum depends upon its collection of item. The main purpose of architectural museums is
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