Imperial illusions : crossing pictorial boundaries in the Qing palaces /

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"In the Forbidden City and other palaces around Beijing, Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795) surrounded himself with monumental paintings of architecture, gardens, people, and faraway places. The best artists of the imperial painting academy, including a number of European missionary painters, used...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kleutghen, Kristina, 1981-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Series:Art history publication initiative.
Subjects:
Qianlong, > Emperor of China, > 1711-1799 > Art patronage.
Qianlong, > Emperor of China, > 1711-1799
Gu gong bo wu yuan (China)
1368-1912
Painting, Chinese > China > Beijing > Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912.
Art and society > China > History > 18th century.
Trompe l'oeil painting > China > Beijing.
Peinture chinoise > Chine > Pékin > 1368-1912 (Dynasties des Ming et des Qing)
Art et société > Chine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
ART > History > General.
ART / Asian
Art and society
Art patronage
Painting, Chinese > Ming-Qing dynasties
Trompe l'oeil painting
China
China > Beijing
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a new vision of painting
  • Painted walls and pictorial illusions
  • The study of vision
  • Contemplating the future
  • Peacocks and cave-heavens
  • Staging Europe
  • The beauty in the garden
  • Epilogue: illusions, imperial and otherwise.

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