Mapping Chengde
The Qing Landscape Enterprise
Published on 30. September 2000
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-0-8248-1980-4 (ISBN)
Description
The imperial residence of Chengde was built by two Manchu emperors between 1703 and 1780. Using both visual and textual materials, this volume explores the hidden dimensions of landscape, showing how geographical imagination shaped the aesthetics of Qing court culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Honolulu, HI
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 200 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8248-1980-4 (9780824819804)
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