Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago

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Who was Giuseppe Castiglione, the intrepid Christian missionary and renaissance painter, architect and sculpture who lived 60 years in China becomming the lead court painter to three emperors? How did he create new techniques fusing the best of western and eastern aesthetics while balancing the challenge of finding the universally divine while cherishing the differences within each culture? How did his creativity influence the growth of China under the Qing Dynasty?

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