...influenced of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976. Due to this revolution, Chinese arts were totally disappeared by Maoist power. During the seventeenth century, the European was respected and admired Chinese principles of government filled the writings of the enlightenment. At this period, China had affected the thought, art, and material life of Europe (Michael Sullivan, 258). In 1601, the Jesuit missionary was arrived in China, and many officials and savants had been learned about Western art and learning. Although the literati generally ignored European art, but some academician was tried to mastered Western perspective and style of arts. The architecture of the Qing dynasty was affected by Western style of arts. Yuanmingyuan which is a palace that...
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...Challenges and opportunities in recovering looted relics ----Starting from the auction in Paris of two Chinese bronze animal heads Introduction On February 25th, 2009, Christie’s, as the world’s largest auction house, proceeded the sale of two bronze animal heads, which were initially owned by China but lost in time of war, in Paris from the collection of the deceased fashion designer Yves St Laurent, fuelling great wrath of Chinese people. A NGO called APACE, together with a newly-established group of Chinese lawyers, applied to the “Tribunal de Grande Instance” (a court in Paris) for the “property preservation” of the two relics in order to sabotage the auction, yet the litigation was rejected since the judge held that the complainant doesn’t have the direct claim right. [1] Besides, Chinese government and individual collectors like Cai Mingchao also made their move against this auction, but China still scarcely makes any material progress in the restitution of the looted legacies throughout. [2] Such case reveals great challenges for countries like China to get back missing or stolen artefacts due to multi-faceted legal problems, and their harvests are often not in proportion with efforts paid. On the other hand, propelled by a huge profit, illegal antique trade has been showing a rampant trend in recent years. Its annual turnover is the second highest in all illegal dealings, merely lower than drug trade. [3] Given the lax law system on the protection of cultural relics...
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