TY  - GEN
T1  - Where dragon veins meet : the Kangxi Emperor and his estate at Rehe
T2  - Art history publication initiative.
A1  - Whiteman, Stephen H.
LA  - English
PP  - Seattle
PB  - University of Washington Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1134939957
AB  - "In 1702, the second emperor of the Qing dynasty ordered construction of a new summer palace in Rehe (now Chengde, Hebei) to support his annual tours north among the court's Inner Mongolian allies. The Mountain Estate to Escape the Heat (Bishu Shanzhuang) was strategically located at the node of mountain "veins" through which the Qing empire's geomantic energy was said to flow. At this site, from late spring through early autumn, the Kangxi emperor presided over rituals of intimacy and exchange that celebrated his rule: garden tours, banquets, entertainments, and gift giving. Stephen Whiteman draws on resources and methods from art and architectural history, garden and landscape history, early modern global history, and historical geography to reconstruct the Mountain Estate as it evolved under Kangxi, illustrating the importance of landscape as a medium for ideological expression during the early Qing and in the early modern world more broadly. Examination of paintings, prints, historical maps, newly created maps informed by GIS-based research, and personal accounts reveals the significance of geographic space and its representation in the negotiation of Qing imperial ideology. The first monograph in any language to focus solely on the art and architecture of the Kangxi court, Where Dragon Veins Meet illuminates the court's production and deployment of landscape as a reflection of contemporary concerns and offers new insight into the sources and forms of Qing power through material expressions"--
OP  - 271
CN  - DS797.39.C546 W49 2020eb
SN  - 9780295745817
SN  - 0295745819
SN  - 9780295745800
SN  - 0295745800
KW  - Bi shu shan zhuang (Chengde, China)
KW  - Kangxi, : Emperor of China, : 1654-1722 : Art patronage.
KW  - Landscapes : Symbolic aspects : China : Chengde.
KW  - Art, Chinese : Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912.
KW  - Art chinois : 1368-1912 (Dynasties des Ming et des Qing)
KW  - Paysages : Aspect symbolique : Chine : Chengde.
KW  - Landscape.
KW  - ARCHITECTURE.
KW  - China.
KW  - Asia.
KW  - HISTORY.
KW  - Asian.
KW  - ART.
KW  - Palaces
KW  - China : Chengde Shi
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -