LIANG YI TALKS
LIANG YI TALKS
LIANG YI TALKS
LIANG YI TALKS
LIANG YI TALKS
LIANG YI TALKS
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Title: Art Nouveau Jewellery: When Japanese Art Came to Europe
Speakers: Gilles Zalulyan and Mathilde Rondouin
Date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
Time: 7-8 pm
Language: English
Register at https://bit.ly/ArtNouveauJewelleryConversation
Precious Japanese adornments and artefacts such as kimonos, yukata, katanas, netsuke and maki-e hairpins had remained unheard of in Europe until the mid-19th century and the start of what was called the Meiji Era, translated into the “Age of Enlightenment” in Japan.
When they eventually landed on European shores, those Japanese treasures provoked a stylistic tsunami. Much previously unknown craftsmanship and materials - horn, lacquer, mixed metals, ivory, silk - influenced every layer of creations, especially jewellery. This allowed the birth of one of the most revolutionary artistic movements, The Art Nouveau or “New Art”. European jewellers, glass makers, silversmiths and enamellers started to emulate Japanese art, trying on techniques they had never seen before...
This conversation - Art Nouveau Jewellery: When Japonisme Came to Europe - offers a historic journey through the 1900s in order to capture the essence of Japonisme and its influence on jewellery creations.
Leopoldo Metlicovitz,
Poster for Madame Butterfly,
1904,
Wikicommons.com
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Title: Qing Imperial Women and Treasures of the Forbidden City
Speaker: Daisy Yiyou Wang, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Hong Kong Palace Museum
Date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Time: 7-8 pm
Language: English
Register at https://bit.ly/april23lyt
A pioneering scholar in the study of Qing palace women, Dr. Daisy Yiyou Wang, Deputy Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM), explores the spectacular treasures on view at the HKPM, and presents her new research on the little-known presence of women in Qing court art and culture. Combining archival documents, object-based study, and interdisciplinary approach, this lecture provides fresh perspectives for the study of Qing imperial art. Dr. Wang will examine Qing imperial paintings and calligraphic works, Buddhist objects, ceramics, textiles, lacquers, metalworks, jades, furniture, and other categories of court art.
Flitting Butterflies (detail) from Yinzhen’s Twelve Ladies
© The Palace Museum
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Title: Emperor Qianlong’s Hidden Treasures
Speaker: Nicole Chiang, Curator, Hong Kong Palace Museum
Date: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
Time: 7-8 pm
Language: English
Register at https://bit.ly/may23lyt
The collection of the Qing imperial household during the Qianlong reign (1736-95) has often been seen as a display of power, an attribute of legitimate rule and a manifestation of the emperor’s desire to model and control aspects of the universe. However, evidence shows objects which entered the imperial collection through a careful selection process were in fact boxed up and removed from the public gaze. This talk will reconsider the description and definition of the collection and analyse the formation of the collection as a collective effort of many specialists, rather than the personal activity of the emperor. In addition, this talk will propose that the purpose of collecting during the Qianlong period was not to demonstrate imperial power, but to gather information essential to the ruling of the empire.
Portrait of the Qianlong Emperor in Court Robe
© The Palace Museum
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Title: Stories in Silver
Speaker: Daniel Roberts
Date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2023
Time: 7-8 pm
Language: English
Register at https://bit.ly/june23lyt
Our current exhibition, Majestic: Royal and Imperial Objects from the Liang Yi Collection, focusses on pieces with significant documented provenances. For this talk, Daniel, our director of silver archiving, has selected a handful of European silver artefacts with fascinating back stories connected with crowned heads of Europe.
Owing to its high value, hallmarks, and frequently engraved armorials, we are able to confidently place a piece of silver at an exact moment in time, at a particular location, and surmise a possible reason for its commission. Additionally, silver is often individually mentioned in inventories and thus, we can build a picture of its ownership through the generations.
Join us for an evening of exploring the history of some of the most intriguing pieces of silver on display in the current exhibition.
A French Silver-Gilt Tray
Maker: Jean-Baptiste Claude Odiot
Paris, France
1809-14
Sivler-gilt
Width 61cm
Collection of Liang Yi Museum