Visual Explanation—Cultural Connotation and Social Function of the Images of Ancient Chinese Emperors

Images of ancient Chinese emperors, one of the most representative royal painting systems in the history of ancient Chinese court paintings, refer to a series of paintings of ancient Chinese emperors. They are not only the carrier of artistic appreciation, but also entrusted with more profound and obscure political and cultural connotations, which are not only important in knowing and understanding emperors and royal arts of the time, but also in paving a way for the study of the empire's national power and social relations. Moreover, images of emperors make up for the disadvantages of document recording in describing details and microcosmic aspects of the political and cultural states of the time, thus become a method of history recording besides words.