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Traditional Chinese Vs Western Conceptions Of Space2
1. “Journey Through
Space”
What the Kangxi and Qianlong
Southern Inspection Tour Scrolls
reveal about
Chinese and Western
Concep'ons of
SPACE
Robert Ponzio
Chair, Fine Arts
Oak Hall School
Gainesville, FL
3. The Manchus were foreigners
who established the Qing Dynasty after
conquering the Ming.
Kangxi Emperor
Reigned 1662‐1722
Portrait of the Kangxi Emperor as a Young Man,
Anonymous
4. Tradi'onal Western One Point PerspecGve System
Depic'ons of Space
•Concerned with reproducing how the eye sees
• Image has fixed edges
•Organized based on receding vanishing points
•ArGst controls viewer vantage point
GenGle Bellini’s “Procession in Piazza San Marco”, 1496
19. Qianlong Scroll Number 4 by Xu Yang
More concerned with reproducing how the eye sees than in Kangxi scrolls.
Xu Yang maintains consistent vanishing points throughout duraGon of scroll.
20. Qianlong Scroll Number 6 by Xu Yang
Figures diminish in size and number limiGng informaGon available to viewer.
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22. This presentation was complied by
Robert Ponzio
Chair, Fine Arts Department, Oak Hall School, Gainesville
in response to the workshop:
University of Florida - Asia Studies