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Date:
- Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Online Platform:
Cooperation Partner:
- University of Saint Joseph
Video Link:
Online Registration:
Time:
- 18:30 to 20:00
Cost:
- Free
Languages:
- English
Sponsor:
- Macao Foundation (澳門基金會)
Speaker
Michelle Mope Andersson
Dr. Michelle Mope Andersson is a spiritual director and pastoral counselor, specialized in the Ignatian Spiritual tradition. Her Doctorate in Ministry, focused on the use of arts and culture in reconciliation. She lectures, gives retreats and curates cultural projects of a spiritual nature, working “to heal the broken places of our humanity”.
Introduction
Giuseppe Castiglione, arrived in China in the midst of the Rites Controversy. His design work at the Old Summer Palace, ”Yuanminguan” reflects an empathic understanding of the Emperor’s desires and longings emulating the spiritual unity of the Lord Creator with artists and architects working as one. Castiglione and his Jesuit brethren gathered inspiration from the creative design of gardens and palaces from their imaginative memory and the similar lived experience of the most powerful figures in Europe. Parallels are drawn between Maria de Medici’s longing for her home in Florence articulated in the design of Luxembourg garden and the emperor’s desire to quell the longing of his Fragrant Concubine, Xiang Fei for her home in Kashgar shown in the Islamic influences found the Belvedere palace at Yuanmingyuan. Marian imagery in the depiction of the emperors concubine waiting for their Lord is also examined. The spiritual lesson: in times of crisis, speak less, listen more and engage your senses.