Emperor''s Private Paradise - Treasures From the Forbidden City

Klappentext "(A)ccompanies the exhibition of the same name organized by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, in partnership with the Palace Museum and in cooperation with the World Monuments Fund, on view from September 14, 2010 through January 9, 2011; and traveling to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from February 3, 2011 through May 1, 2011; and the Milwaukee Art Museum, from June 11, 2011 through September 12, 2011"--T.p. verso. Zusammenfassung For centuries! China's Forbidden City has captured the world's imagination. Yet the elegant! intimate Qianlong Garden - itself within a 'mini-Forbidden City' inside the Forbidden City - has remained sequestered from public view. This title gives an analysis of the garden! which is one of the most refined and elegant of imperial Chinese gardens.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Berliner
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2010
• EAN: 9780300163896
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16389-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Peabody Museum (YUP)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques