The Treasures Of Imperial Beijing
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The Treasures Of Imperial Beijing
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Author : Mario Sabattini
language : en
Publisher: White Star
Release Date : 2007
The Treasures Of Imperial Beijing written by Mario Sabattini and has been published by White Star this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Travel categories.
Beijing is a repository of historical relics, its art and architecture providing visitors with a glimpse into it's grand and glorious past. This opulent volume takes readers on a memorable journey through the city's most important palaces, temples, and monuments. Hundreds of illustrations and reproductions of murals, paintings, statues, and scrolls supplement an insightful text that places these artifacts in a historical context. Includes the Forbidden City's palaces, wooden structures, pavilions, and gardens, and extensive grounds of the Summer Palace. Other chapters highlight the Great Wall, the Temple of the Sky, and the imperial temples of Beijing.
The Odyssey Of China S Imperial Art Treasures
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Author : Jeannette Shambaugh Elliot
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2015-07-16
The Odyssey Of China S Imperial Art Treasures written by Jeannette Shambaugh Elliot and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-16 with Art categories.
The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures traces the three-thousand-year history of the emperor's imperial collection, from the Bronze Age to the present. The tortuous story of these treasures involves a succession of dynasties, invasion and conquest, and civil war, resulting in valiant attempts to rescue and preserve the collection. Throughout history, different Chinese regimes used the imperial collection to bolster their own political legitimacy, domestically and internationally. The narrative follows the gradual formation of the Peking Palace Museum in 1925, then its hasty fragmentation as large parts of the collection were moved perilously over long distances to escape wartime destruction, and finally its formal division into what are today two Palace Museums-one in Beijing, the other in Taipei. Enlivened by the personalities of those who cared for the collection, this textured account of the imperial treasures highlights magnificent artworks and their arduous transit through politics, war, and diplomatic reconciliations. Over the years, control of the collections has been fiercely contested, from early dynasties through Mongol and Japanese invaders to Nationalist and Communist rivals- a saga that continues today. This first book-length investigation of the imperial collections will be of great interest to China scholars, historians, and Chinese art specialists. Its tales of palace intrigue will fascinate a wide variety of readers.
Forbidden City
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Author : Jian Li
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Forbidden City written by Jian Li and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Art, Chinese categories.
Forbidden City
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
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Beijing
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Author : Chongnian Yan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Beijing written by Chongnian Yan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Architecture categories.
Treasures Of The Forbidden City
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Treasures Of The Forbidden City written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Art categories.
The Emperor S Private Paradise
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Author : Nancy Zeng Berliner
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2010
The Emperor S Private Paradise written by Nancy Zeng Berliner and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Architecture categories.
This exhibition catalogue offers a magnificent, thorough study of 90 objects from the Qianlong Garden in Beijing's Forbidden City. Objects include wall paintings, furniture, architectural fittings, ceramics, and stone. They have been on public view infrequently and only in the Qianlong Garden, which is now undergoing a 20-year restoration under the lead of the World Monuments Fund and Beijing's Palace Museum. The garden is a two-acre tract consisting of 27 buildings, their contents, and a mature landscape--the whole complex is characterized as a "multi-layered artwork." Following an introduction by Elliott (Harvard), Berliner (Peabody Essex Museum) presents the general characteristics of scholar and emperor gardens, and the early gardens of Emperor Qianlong, along with a minute analysis of the Qianlong Garden. Yuan Hongqi (Palace Museum), Liu Chang (Tsinghua Univ., Beijing), and Henry Tzu Ng (World Monuments Fund) treat the garden's subsequent history. Interlaced throughout are superb illustrations of the objects and the garden, followed by a catalogue with small illustrations of objects, and their curatorial data; a chronology; a comparative, annotated time line; maps; glossary; and Chinese pronunciation guide. This must-buy publication is a model of sensitive scholarship that places the garden and its objects in an understandable, universal context. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. General Readers; Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty; Professionals/Practitioners. Reviewed by D. K. Haworth.
Treasures Of The Forbidden City Three Centuries Of Chinese Imperial Art Exclusive American Exhibition From The Palace Museum Beijing
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Treasures Of The Forbidden City Three Centuries Of Chinese Imperial Art Exclusive American Exhibition From The Palace Museum Beijing written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Art, Chinese--exhibitions categories.
The Qianlong Emperor
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Author : Zhang Hongxing
language : en
Publisher: National Museums of Scotland
Release Date : 2002
The Qianlong Emperor written by Zhang Hongxing and has been published by National Museums of Scotland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
Qianlong, the great 18th-century Emperor, ruled China for 60 years, during which time the country became the mot wealthy and populous nation in the world. An open-minded, truthful and hard working ruler, the Emperor was also a poet, painter and calligrapher, as well as an art collector and connoisseur. In conjunction with the first exhibition from the Palace Museum Beijing to the UK, this illustrated catalogue covers the Qianlong Emperor and depicts the many facets of his life. It also looks in detail at the art produced during his rule, both by himself and the artists he employed including court and genre portraits, prints, gold, silver and jade objects and textiles. This catalogue consists of five essays by the experts of the Palace Museum and introductory texts to 90 exhibits from its superb collections.
Emperor Qianlong S Hidden Treasures
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Author : Nicole T. C. Chiang
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-15
Emperor Qianlong S Hidden Treasures written by Nicole T. C. Chiang and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-15 with Art categories.
In this stunning reassessment, Nicole T. C. Chiang argues that the famous Qianlong art collection is really ‘the collection of the imperial household in the Qianlong reign’. The distinction is significant because it strips away the modern, Eurocentric preconceptions that have led scholars to misconstrue the size of the collection, the role of nationalism in its formation, the distinction between art and artifact, and the actual involvement of the emperor in assembling the collection. No one interested in Chinese art will be able to ignore the ramifications of this important study. Emperor Qianlong’s Hidden Treasures: Reconsidering the Collection of the Qing Imperial Household argues that the size of the collection was actually smaller than previously stated. Moreover, the idea that the collection put the whole of the empire on display (and thereby promoted political unity) does not square with the reality that most of the collection was hidden away. Instead, the collection was primarily for the emperor’s gaze alone. Chiang further explains that the collection was largely the product of work done by many specialists working at the Qianlong court, noting that the emperor often assumed a more supervisory role. Preliminary drawings, patterns, models, and prototypes of the items made in the imperial workshops also formed an important part of the collection, as they served to establish standardized models used to run the imperial household. The collection was thus both broader and narrower than previously stated. ‘Chiang has identified many misguided assumptions about the Qing imperial collection. In their place, she proposes a new definition of an imperial collection that does not give primacy to art objects. This bold revisionist thesis may be controversial, but it is important and deserves to be read widely for this exact reason.’ —Dorothy Ko, Barnard College, Columbia University ‘Chiang makes a new argument which will contribute to the literature on Qing imperial art. She shows that a distinction should be made between the Qianlong emperor’s activities in commissioning objects from the palace workshop and his activities in accumulating, assessing, and cataloguing objects that went into what she calls the “imperial household collection.” This work will attract wide attention from scholars in art history.’ —Evelyn S. Rawski, University of Pittsburgh