Guiseppe Castigleone's influence to Chinese court paintings

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• Ten Dogs Depiction, Spotted Magpie
  The painter is especially well-known for his rendering of figures, flowers, birds and loger-than-life size horses and dogs. His distinctive style mode use of Chinese tools and materials to paint largely Chinese motivfs. The results were more emphatically realistic than the native Chinese tradition.
• Ten Dogs Depiction, Frost Harrier
  This work depicts a frosty-colored hunting dog standing on a slope under white plum blossoms. Being nimble, it was named "Sparrow Hawk," hence the title here. Castiglione combined the tools and materials of Chinese painting with Western perspective and chiaroscuro for naturalism also expressing spirit. The opulent colors and forms thus make for a realistic effect. (20120102)