The Chinese Scholar S Garden In France
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The Chinese Scholar S Garden In France
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Author : Margaret Fairgrieve Milanick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Chinese Scholar S Garden In France written by Margaret Fairgrieve Milanick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Electronic dissertations categories.
Moulin Joli was a garden composed from 1754 to 1772 by Claude-Henri Watelet on three islands and the banks of the Seine northwest of Paris. Designed to facilitate a more intimate relationship with nature in order to stir the emotions and the mind, this important connection formed a theoretical basis for a new garden style, the picturesque, different from the French formal style of the preceding century. In 1774, Watelet published Essai sur les jardins in which he discusses his philosophy about gardens and describes Moulin Joli. Included is a chapter on "The Chinese Garden," a description of a Scholar's garden. However, the style of Moulin Joli was not created based on chinoiserie, the use of Chinese motifs and techniques to create merely pleasing visual effects. Its creation was based on Chinese ideas filtered through Watelet's lens. Therefore, this thesis will investigate Watlelet's description of Moulin Joli as a cultural landscape and interpret it to decipher how cultural change brought on by two circumstances within France contributed to Watelet's development of the picturesque garden. One was the introduction of Chinese philosophy, theory and art, and the other was the economic, political, and financial problems in France, which made many within the educated classes open to these ideas. Poetry and literature interjected a cultural vision in both Moulin Joli and the Scholar's garden. Moulin Joli conveyed Enlightenment ideas, the Scholar's garden ideas about Chinese tradition and history. My work suggests that in many ways both gardens are similar but the French and Chinese had different cultural purposes for creating gardens.
Henri Bertin And The Representation Of China In Eighteenth Century France
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Author : John Finlay
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-09
Henri Bertin And The Representation Of China In Eighteenth Century France written by John Finlay and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-09 with Art categories.
This is an in-depth study of the intellectual, technical, and artistic encounters between Europe and China in the late eighteenth century, focusing on the purposeful acquisition of information and images that characterized a direct engagement with the idea of "China." The central figure in this story is Henri-Léonard Bertin (1720–1792), who served as a minister of state under Louis XV and, briefly, Louis XVI. Both his official position and personal passion for all things Chinese placed him at the center of intersecting networks of like-minded individuals who shared his ideal vision of China as a nation from which France had much to learn. John Finlay examines a fascinating episode in the rich history of cross-cultural exchange between China and Europe in the early modern period, and this book will be an important and timely contribution to a very current discussion about Sino-French cultural relations. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, visual culture, European and Chinese history.
A Particular Account Of The Emperor Of China S Gardens Near Pekin
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Author : Jean Denis Attiret
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27
A Particular Account Of The Emperor Of China S Gardens Near Pekin written by Jean Denis Attiret and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Particular Account Of The Emperor Of China S Gardens Near Pekin
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Author : Jean Denis Attiret
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1752
A Particular Account Of The Emperor Of China S Gardens Near Pekin written by Jean Denis Attiret and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1752 with Gardens categories.
A Particular Account Of The Emperor Of China S Gardens Near Pekin
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Author : Jean Denis Attiret
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2015-09-01
A Particular Account Of The Emperor Of China S Gardens Near Pekin written by Jean Denis Attiret and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-01 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
China S Lost Imperial Garden
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Author : Guo Daiheng
language : en
Publisher: Shanghai Press
Release Date : 2016-05-03
China S Lost Imperial Garden written by Guo Daiheng and has been published by Shanghai Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with Art categories.
Built in 1707, the Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan) is a masterpiece integrating the classic garden-building arts of China. It is reputed as the "Garden of all Gardens," due to its rich and incomparable landscaping. The beautiful and expansive gardens were known to the world, and triggered the craze of Chinese gardens in 18th century Europe. Victor Hugo, one of the best and greatest known French writers, described it as "Achievements generated from the imagination of a super nation." The Old Summer Palace was also the second political center in addition to the Forbidden City in the Qing Dynasty (1636–1911). Five emperors chose the Old Summer Palace as their venue for administrative governance. They felt it expressed an ideal of state governing and an appeal of aesthetics. Meanwhile, it was the base for turning out important national policies while serving as an important venue for the exchange between Chinese and foreign envoys. Having gone through a span of over 150 years, the Old Summer Palace reflects the history of the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty. Deserving its honor as the largest royal art museum, the Old Summer Palace contained calligraphic works and paintings of many noted artists, numerous rarities such as secret and valuable books, ancient bells, tri-pots, precious articles, gold and silver wares, jewelry and jade as well as rare flowers and trees of that time. In 1860, the Old Summer Palace was destroyed by British-French Allied Forces and all the collections inside were looted, resulting in a terrible disaster in the history of international culture. Today, the Older Summer Palace represents an important piece of cultural history for human civilization. At the end of the 20th century, Guo Daiheng, the author of this book, led over 80 experts, scholars and professionals in starting a project of Digital Reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace, an unprecedented task in the history of international historic parks. Over the past 15 years, the project has included an orderly development in 3D molding, digital restoration, and digital experience. Scenes of the Old Summer Palace in this book are the exact results from a digitalized Old Summer Palace, which reveals the magnificence of the garden in its prime.
Gardens Of A Chinese Emperor
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Author : Victoria M. Siu
language : en
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-12
Gardens Of A Chinese Emperor written by Victoria M. Siu and has been published by Lehigh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-12 with History categories.
The Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanming Yuan) in the western suburbs of the Quing capital, Beijing, was begun by the great Kangxi (r. 1661-1722) and expanded by his son, Yongzheng (r. 1722-1736) and brought to its greatest glory by his grandson, Qianlong (r. 1736-1796). A lover of literature and art, Qinglong sought an earthly reflection of his greatness in his Yuanming Yuan. For many years he designed and directed an elaborate program of garden arrangements. Representing two generations of painstaking research, this book follows the emperor as he ruled his empire from within his garden. In a landscape of lush plants, artificial mountains and lakes, and colorful buildings, he sought to represent his wealth and power to his diverse subjects and to the world at large. Having been looted and burned in the mid-nineteenth century by western forces, it now lies mostly in ruins, but it was the world’s most elaborate garden in the eighteenth century. The garden suggested a whole set of concepts—religious, philosophical, political, artistic, and popular—represented in landscape and architecture. Just as bonsai portrays a garden in miniature, the imperial Yuanming Yuan at the height of its splendor represented the Qing Empire in microcosm. Includes 62 color plates and 35 black & white photographs.
Classical Chinese Scholars Gardens
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Author : Swee Eng Heng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Classical Chinese Scholars Gardens written by Swee Eng Heng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Gardens, Chinese categories.
Understanding The Chinese City
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Author : Li Shiqiao
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2014-04-29
Understanding The Chinese City written by Li Shiqiao and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-29 with Social Science categories.
This book teaches us to read the contemporary Chinese city. Li Shiqiao deftly crafts a new theory of the Chinese city and the dynamics of urbanization by: exploring the rise of stories of labour, finance and their hierarchies examining how the Chinese city has been shaped by the figuration of the writing system analyzing the continuing importance of the family and its barriers of protection against real and imagined dangers demonstrating how actual structures bring into visual being the networks of safety in personal and family networks. Understanding the Chinese City elegantly traces a thread between ancient Chinese city formations and current urban organizations, revealing hidden continuities that show how instrumental the past has been in forming the present. Rather than becoming obstacles to change, ancient practices have become effective strategies of adaptation under radically new terms.
A Journal Of The First French Embassy To China 1698 1700
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Author : Saxe Bannister
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
A Journal Of The First French Embassy To China 1698 1700 written by Saxe Bannister and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
Bannister's translation of this unpublished manuscript offers a fascinating glimpse into early French-Chinese relations. With detailed descriptions of the people, customs, and politics of China in the late 17th century, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in Chinese history and culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.