Power and Leadership

• What are the accoutrements of power that are shown?

• What do the palaces and structures we see tell us?

• How can visual images be deceptive sources of history?

• How do these images give us a glimpse into how leaders ruled?

• When you are finished, read the packet at this station and answer those questions.

Emperor KangXi

At his writing table

Built originally in 1420, this was home of the emperor and the place for great ceremonies. It was used as a meeting and greeting place for officials and foreign envoys.

KangXi’s Imperial Palace

Portrait of Tokugawa Leyasu 1543-1616

Tokugawa Castle

Model for the Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV 1692 Francois Girardon 1628-1715

The monument to Louis XIV was erected in 1699 on the Place Vendome in Paris, but was destroyed during the Revolution, in September 1792, with only a few fragments now in the Louvre. It is only through the various surviving models that we can gain some idea of the appearance of the monument. Dressed as a Roman emperor, Louis XIV is seated astride his horse. Classical reminiscences and the idealization characteristic of the academic schools are combined with exaggerated solemnity and a glorification of the man who was known as the 'Sun King'.

Louis XIV 1638-1715

Akbar & Jesuits at Court

Royal city at Fatehpur Sikri

Akbar was illiterate himself but took a strong interest in literature, religion and the arts. He was a tolerant ruler. This building is an example of the blending of Islamic & Hindu elements. It was built after his son, for whom he had prayed to the Sufi saints, was born. Made up of palaces, formal courtyards, reflecting pools, tombs, harems and a huge mosque.

Queen Nzinga of NdongoShe meets with Portuguese governor in Angola- he refuses to provide her with a chair. She takes a servant and used him as her chair.

Queen Ngola Ann Nzinga of Ndongo

Angolan who defended

Angolans against the Slave Trade