China: the three emperors, 1662-1795 / edited by Evelyn S. Rawski and Jessica Rawson
2006, 1st edition. London: Royal Academy of Arts. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #310594
ISBN: 1903973708
Physical description: 494 p.: ill. (some col.), map; 30 cm. Notes: Catalogue of exhibition held Nov. 12, 2005-Apr. 17, 2006 at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The "prosperous age" : China in the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns / Evelyn S. Rawski -- The Qianlong Emperor as art patron and the formation of the collections of the Palace Museum, Beijing / Gerald Holzwarth -- Imperial architecture of the Qing : palaces and retreats / Frances Wood -- Images of imperial grandeur / Jan Stuart -- Qing dynasty court painting / Nie Chongzheng -- Ritual / Patricia Berger and Yuan Honqi -- Religion / Patricia Berger -- Territories of the Qing / Evelyn S. Rawski -- Diplomats, Jesuits and foreign curiosities / Joanna Waley-Cohen -- The Kangxi Emperor : horseman, man of letters, man of science / Regina Krahl -- The Yongzheng Emperor: art collector and patron / Regina Krahl -- The Qianlong Emperor : virtue and the possession of antiquity / Jessica Rawson -- Silent satisfactions : painting and calligraphy of the Chinese educated elite -- The auspicious universe / Jessica Rawson. Subjects: Kangxi, Emperor of China, 1654-1722 Art patronage; Exhibitions. Yongzheng, Emperor of China, 1677-1735 Art patronage; Exhibitions. Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799 Art patronage; Exhibitions. Kangxi Emperor of China 1654-1722 Art patronage; Exhibitions. Yongzheng Emperor of China 1677-1735 Art patronage; Exhibitions. Qianlong Emperor of China 1711-1799 Art patronage; Exhibitions. Kangxi Emperor of China 1654-1722 Art patronage. Yongzheng Emperor of China 1677-1735 Art patronage. Qianlong Emperor of China 1711-1799 Art patronage. Gu gong bo wu yuan (China) Exhibitions. 1368-1912. Art, Chinese Exhibitions. Chinese ceramics. Chinese crafts. Painting, Chinese. Chinese porcelain. Chinese sculpture. Royal Academy of Arts (London). Art China Exhibitions. Chinese art: history. Other names: Rawski, Evelyn Sakakida. Rawson, Jessica. London. Royal Academy of Arts (2005). Genre: ibliography. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated.
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