One of my favorite items was a mural of women and children celebrating the New Year - described as "a rare example of "imperial trompe-l'oeil mural painting, a fifteen foot wide work... The mural is one of only eight such surviving 18th century works." There was a video documenting the restoration and conservation of this painting by the Palace Museum and World Monuments Fund. It took various artists and workers over a year and a half to restore this artwork.
While no pictures were allowed in the Forbidden City exhibit, photos were allowed in other other exhibits.
From the Warriors, Beasts, and Spirits exhibit -
Yue Minjun's Chinese Contemporary Warriors.
Neither DH nor I had been to the art museum since the addition with the Burke Brise Soleil was built. It's a beautiful place to spend the day.
2 comments:
I thought this exhibit was fab! It was not what I had expected...the restoration of the screen was really something! Can you imagine going in to work every day to that project!?!?
That Chihuly sculpture in the main hall is one of my favs...so glad they left it when the exhibit was over! hee-hee!
...by the way -- love the title of this post!
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