Chinese dynasty

An Zhengwen 安正文 Yueyang Tower Ming Dynasty

The Dynasties of Medieval China – Brewminate

In recent years the market of Chinese art is widely reported to be among the hottest and fastest-growing in the world, attracting buyers all over the world. Observing from history of art, the Eastern painting has much difference with Western painting. It is probably because the eastern art attaches importance to subjectivity, and the western art places value upon objectivity. Therefore the traditional Chinese painting pays attention to romantic charm, while the western painting lays emphasis…

The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 1711 – 7 February 1799) was the sixth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the fo...

Chinese emperor traveling by the boat, meticulous-style ink painting by court artists of Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)

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Well, I ALMOST missed this section of history. LOL We were going to do vikings then Marco Polo (which does include ancient China). NOW we are going to do vikings, ancient China, and THEN Marco Pol…

In many ancient cultures and religious traditions, rulers and elite members of society not only had wives, they also had concubines. Concubines normally served a dual purpose – to increase a man’s prestige through his capacity to produce children and, of course, limitless opportunities to indulge in sexual desires.