Category Archives: Ornament

Glass Collection of Renaissance Baroque Rococo, Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna

Originally posted 2020-01-10 16:16:23. The Museum of Applied Arts’s collection of lace, and its holdings of glassware—especially Venetian glass—are considered among the finest and most varied in the world. Even in the Baroque period, Venetian glasswork was particularly treasured, and both men and women spent vast sums on the sumptuous…

Extraordinary! Collections of decorative arts and author’s arts 3rd-20th centuries, Design Museum of Barcelona

Originally posted 2019-12-27 13:42:53. This exhibition proposes a chronological journey, from the third to the twentieth century, among the various collections preserved in the museum, of ceramics, textiles, furniture, glass, miniatures, clocks, wallpapers and other objects. This arrangement highlights the value of collections while also allowing different relationships to be…

The Far-Reaching Fragrance of Tea: The Art and Culture of Tea in Asia, Southern Branch of the Taiwan National Palace Museum

Originally posted 2019-12-26 08:16:52. The appreciation is a lifestyle, a fashion, an art, and a culture; it is a shared language of tea connoisseurs. The originated in China, and methods of tea making have undergone centuries of change, as have the equipment and the manner in which the tea has…

Discover Asia in the Eyes of Jade, Southern Branch of the Taiwan National Palace Museum

Originally posted 2019-12-26 04:00:54. Most of the Asian Jade artifacts of the National Palace Museum are from the Qing Court’s collection. Those exquisite jade artifacts not only shone with dazzling brilliance, more importantly, they spiced up the court culture with exotic cultures and diversified traditional carving techniques of jade objects.…

Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth, Masterpieces of Jade Collection, Taiwan National Palace Museum

Originally posted 2019-12-25 09:22:51. Jade, cool and hard to touch, yet gracefully beautiful and tenderly warm to look at, is the most constant element that withstands time and a culturally rich object that more than anything else holds the deep feeling and profound thinking of the Chinese people. As far…

Nature and Human in Unison, the Smart Carvings of Jade and Beautiful Stones, Taiwan National Palace Museum

Originally posted 2019-12-25 03:38:56. Pursuing optimal equilibrium and harmony between human and nature has always been a key concept in Chinese aesthetics. When it is embodied in the art of jade carving, fitting the design to the material and its inherent property is the guiding principle. In short, the principle…

Sharing Treasures, A Special Exhibition of Antiquities Donated Collection, Taiwan National Palace Museum

Originally posted 2019-12-25 02:18:36. Collecting and preserving cultural relics is one of the main tasks for a museum institution. In addition to inheriting the Qing imperial collection, the National Palace Museum acquires cultural articles by two other means—purchase and donation—to enrich its collections. Among various types of acquisition, acceptance of…