Pictures with character
Time:2024-05-01 02:25:02 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
Faces of Time showcases Western portraiture in Beijing. LIN QI/CHINA DAILY
Fine examples of Western portraiture, spanning five centuries and featuring prominent historical figures, are on show in Beijing, Lin Qi reports.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) once said: "Nobody knows if the portraits of the great men resemble them, it is enough that their genius lives there."
The French general and emperor obviously had a good sense of the importance of ordering portraiture to enhance his image as someone brilliant, powerful and superior. He would have felt satisfied that his dozen portraits, which remain intact in public and private collections around the world, have ensured his profile as one of history's most accomplished figures endures today.
Now four of those portraits, vividly presenting his masculinity and heroism from different perspectives, are on show at Faces of Time, a Beijing exhibition of Western portraiture with works spanning five centuries at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. The exhibition is set to run until Nov 12.
On show are 56 fine figure paintings and portraits from the collection of the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum of Japan.
Previous:1 dead, 7 missing after 2 Japan MSDF helicopters crash near Izu Islands
Next:President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discuss migration in latest call
You may also like
- Uzbekistan and Japan qualify for men's Olympic soccer by reaching U23 Asian Cup final
- China to take multiple measures to upgrade basic education: Minister
- China denounces EU's pretext for anti
- Veterans' fury as millionaire New Labour power couple lodge plans to build 'oppressive' 20
- Zack Norman dead at 83: Romancing The Stone star who played crocodile
- China's GDP grew 5.3% in Q1, beating expectations
- Chinese military spokesperson answers media questions during annual legislative session
- Liverpool falls silent to mark 35th anniversary of Hillsborough disaster: Ninety
- Supreme Court rejects Musk appeal over Tesla tweets