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A major exhibition on China’s blooming Ming dynasty will open in Amsterdam on Saturday (October 5), displaying a wealth of rare artifacts from ancient China’s most prosperous era.
Apart from being treated to the characteristic blue and white porcelain vases and plates, visitors to Amsterdam’s Nieuwe Kerk or New Church can marvel at rare and precious yellow and green porcelain and huge paintings on silk.
Literally meaning “brilliant”, the Ming dynasty developed a flourishing civilization with ground breaking technology during a period when medieval Europe was still in the Dark Ages.
Named ‘Emperors, Artists and Merchants in Ancient China’, the exhibition tries to paint a picture of the achievements, especially in trade and arts, of the Ming dynasty that ruled China for almost three centuries, from 1368 to 1644.
“If people think of Ming dynasty, you might think of the blue and white porcelain, because it’s world famous, but there is much more to tell about the Ming dynasty and that’s what we do in this exhibition. Because we are telling a story of transformation of traditional Chinese society into a consumer society, consumers economy and we tell the story about the trade with foreign countries and of course also the relationship with Europe and specifically with the Netherlands,” said Marlies Kleiterp, head of exhibitions at the Nieuwe Kerk said.
To highlight the trade relations with the Netherlands in that time, the exhibition also displays classic blue and white Dutch Delftware, known as Delft’s Blue, which was inspired by the porcelain exported by the Ming.
Also on display are a series of exotic drawings from a private Dutch collection.
“We have a very nice loan from a private collector in Amsterdam, Bertolet collection, he gave us ten erotic paintings on show, because this is also quite a famous phenomenon in Ming dynasty and the Nanjing museum doesn’t have this kind of paintings and we thought we should add it. It is a kind of mark that there is more luxury, more free time, more time to spend to produce art that was probably not even really necessary, but nice to look at,” Kleiterp said.
The exhibition will run until February 2, 2014.
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I’ve been in this town so long back in the city
I’ve been taken for lost and gone
And unknown for a long long time
Fell in love years ago
With an innocent girl
From the Spanish and Indian home
Home of the heroes and villains
Once at night Cotillian squared the fight
And she was right in the rain of the tourism that eventually brought her down
But she’s still dancing in the night
Unafraid of what a dude’ll do in a town full of heroes and villains
Heroes and villains
Just see what you’ve done
Heroes and villains
Just see what you’ve done
Stand or fall I know there
Shall be peace in the valley
And it’s all an affair
Of my life with the heroes and villains
My children were raised
You know they suddenly rise
They started slow long ago
Head to toe healthy wealthy and wise
I’ve been in this town so long
So long to the city
I’m fit with the stuff
To ride in the rough
And sunny down snuff I’m alright
By the heroes and
Heroes and villains
Just see what you’ve done
Heroes and villains
Just see what you’ve done
What’s this bird called in Dutch ?
“Spatz” I said
Not knowing that “Dutch”
” Duits” didn’t mean
German
An easy mistake to make 😉
Swimming in the canals?!
Never thought we would ever do that, but in September of this year 2013 we will !
Jeroen and me will be jumping in at the deep end in an effort to raise money for research into ALS = Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
My father has been suffering for more than a year from this terrible disease and his muscle strength is lessening by the day.
Currently, he’s in a wheelchair, immobilized.
We‘re fortunate he can still talk to us.
Eighteen months ago, he could play wrestle with his granddaughters.
Because little is known about this disease, we will swim over 2 miles through the canals to raise money.
For my father John, but also for my Uncle Gert – Jan and for anyone who has to deal with this heinous affliction.
My own dad Tom and extended family will participate on the canal swim.
Will you support us by making a donation?
Every little bit helps.
http://www.amsterdamcityswim.nl/nl/josselien-bos
http://www.amsterdamcityswim.nl/nl/jeroen-bos
http://www.amsterdamcityswim.nl/nl/tom-van-den-berg
