A Jesuit garden in Beijing and early modern Chinese culture /
In this volume, Hui Zou analyzes historical, architectural, visual, literary, and philosophical perspectives on the Western-styled garden that formed part of the great Yuanming Yuan complex in Beijing, constructed during the Qing dynasty. Designed and built in the late eighteenth century by Italian...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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West Lafayette, Ind. :
Purdue University Press,
©2011.
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Colección: | Comparative cultural studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A theoretical and historical introduction to the Chinese garden
- The Chinese garden and the concept of the virtue of round brightness
- The Chinese garden and the concept of the vision of jing
- The Chinese gGarden and the Western linear perspective
- The Chinese garden and the concept of the line-method
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Kangxi's record of the Garden of Uninhibited Spring
- Appendix 2: Kangxi's record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness
- Appendix 3: Qianlong's later record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness
- Appendix 4: Qianlong's record of the Village of Ten-Thousand Springs
- Appendix 5: Qianlong's record of Kunming Lake by Longevity Hill
- Appendix 6: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Clear Ripples on Longevity Hill
- Appendix 7: Qianlong's record of the Best Spring of China on Jade-Spring Hill
- Appendix 8: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Tranquil Pleasure.