“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 ...

[Photo provided by The Trustees of British Museum] In the royal palaces of Assyrian kings, art served one ultimate ... Once attached to the wooden gate of the palace of Assyrian king Shalmaneser ...

Depicting Taoist deities in a misty landscape, a Qing dynasty lacquer panel inlaid with jade and agate is among thousands of artefacts pulled out of museum storage in China to be restored ...

Visitors take in exhibits recently at the Yongle Palace Mural Art Exhibition ... to directly experience the beauty of ancient Chinese thought, art and religion. The Yongle Palace exhibition ...

Six major Chinese ... art of CMA, one of America’s wealthiest museums. The six Chinese museums have loaned 36 pieces, including a portrait of the Qing dynasty Emperor Kangxi from the Palace ...

The ancient ... Shangqing Palace was built during China's Song Dynasty, which lasted from 960 to 1279. Confucianism and Buddhism also had religious presence during this time period. Art and ...

The Terracotta Warriors, along with other life-size sculptures built for the First Emperor of China, were inspired by Greek art, new research ... First Emperor's palace, ancient writers left ...

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has a similar program. The Palace Museum, however, is the first to offer such an extensive library of Chinese ... of seeing an ancient masterpiece ...

Architectural remains in the ancient walled city of Xinmi, Henan Province, China. Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,000-year-old palace in the ancient settlement. Architectural ...

The painstaking work to restore ornate treasures amassed by Chinese ... art venue that could double or even triple the number of pieces on display. Of the nearly 2 million artefacts held by the ...