Today we have an exclusive clip from the upcoming Discovery Channel special The First Emperor: The Man Who Made China. The show follows the first emperor of China's legendary rise, reign and fall ...

It was given the stamp of approval by art and history experts ... A 4in-high Chinese seal – used to stamp paintings as a sign of the emperor’s approval – reached three times the expected ...

Bush in 2008, consider the final days of the Chinese Emperor Huizong (1082-1134 ... s also true that had he been a bit less caught up in art and more attentive to his role as head of state ...

“Indulging in things destroys the will,” a Chinese proverb says. That this is cited in the catalog to an exhibition of scores of ancient Chinese bronzeworks now on display at the Art Institute ...

This emperor is renowned for having assembled the largest collection of Chinese art in all of history. Prominently displayed in the middle of the artwork is the elegant calligraphy set forth by ...

The personal jade seal of the Chinese emperor Qianlong is set ... "There is no other work of art with which the emperor would have been as personally associated as with his personal seal.

A distinguished connoisseur of ceramics in his own right, the Qianlong Emperor presided over one of the greatest collections of Chinese art. Items from his collection are now among the most sought ...

Athens: The private apartments of 18th-century Emperor Qianlong, one of the most renowned rulers in Chinese history ... will showcase over 150 works of art, ceremonial robes and furniture from ...