Where dragon veins meet : the Kangxi Emperor and his estate at Rehe /

"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 n...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Whiteman, Stephen H. (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]
Cyfres:Art history publication initiative.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvtt78x4
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Introduction: Historicizing the Early Qing Landscape
  • Recovering the Kangxi Landscape. Excerpt from "Record of Traveling at the Invitation of the Emperor" by Zhang Yushu
  • Reconstructing Kangxi
  • Allegories of Empire. Mountain Veins
  • "Record of the Mountain Estate to Escape the Heat" by the Kangxi Emperor
  • Only Here in Rehe
  • Space and Pictoriality. Painting and the Surveyed Site
  • Paper Gardens
  • The Metonymic Landscape. Touring the Rear Park
  • Conclusion: The Landscape of the Emperor.