Forbidden City
The Great Within
Published on 10. July 2008
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-7112-2899-3 (ISBN)
Description
This rich blend of history, anecdotal narrative, biographical portraits and illustrations evokes 500 years of imperial China through the story of its palace, the Forbidden City. It describes the emperor's ceremonial life, the stultifying world of his concubines, eunuchs and palace maids, and the devastating impact of the West in the late 19th century.
A new chapter deals with the treasures and paintings collected under imperial patronage - their dramatic dispersal, painstaking recovery and restoration - and ends in the triumphant establishment of the Palace Museum
A new chapter deals with the treasures and paintings collected under imperial patronage - their dramatic dispersal, painstaking recovery and restoration - and ends in the triumphant establishment of the Palace Museum
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Illustrations
40 Colour photographs
110 Colour prints
10 Maps and diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 280 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7112-2899-3 (9780711228993)
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Caroline Courtauld is a writer, photographer and documentary film producer. From 1992 to 1997 she worked with Jonathan Dimbleby on a BBC documentary project about Hong Kong in the period up to its transfer of sovereignty to China. Her book The Hong Kong Story was published by Oxford University Press. Hu Chui is head of the photographic and information department of the Palace Museum, Beijing. His work has been published to international acclaim, and exhibited in the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the USA.
Jonathan D. Spence is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University. He has written a great number of acclaimed works on China, including Return to Dragon Mountain, The Gate of Heavenly Peace and The Search for Modern China.
May Holdsworth was born in Shanghai and educated in Hong Kong, Malaysia and England. She has been writing about China since 1979, and lives in Hong Kong.
Jonathan D. Spence is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University. He has written a great number of acclaimed works on China, including Return to Dragon Mountain, The Gate of Heavenly Peace and The Search for Modern China.
May Holdsworth was born in Shanghai and educated in Hong Kong, Malaysia and England. She has been writing about China since 1979, and lives in Hong Kong.