Heavenly Horses: Masterpieces from the Palace Museum
Hong Kong Palace Museum West Kowloon Cultural District, Yau Tsim MongThe horse, associated with resilience, vigour, loyalty, and nobility, has long been a favourite subject of Chinese painters. By the Tang dynasty (618–907), horse painting was a distinct genre. The introduction of European knowledge and techniques—particularly anatomy and perspective—in the late Ming to early Qing dynasties (17th–18th century) propelled the art of horse painting to […]

