Creating the Kangxi landscape : Bishu shanzhuang and the mediation of Qing imperial identity /

Creating the Kangxi landscape : Bishu shanzhuang and the mediation of Qing imperial identity /

This dissertation examines how the construction and representation of cultural and geo-political landscapes contributed to imperial legitimacy in the early Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Focusing on the largest of the Qing garden-palaces, Bishu shanzhuang ("Mountain Villa to Escape the Heat"),...

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Main Author: Whiteman, Stephen H. (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Kangxi, > Emperor of China, > 1654-1722 > Poetic works
Bi shu shan zhuang (Chengde, China) > Poetry
Bi shu shan zhuang (Chengde, China)
Gardens > China > Chengde
Gardens, Chinese > China > Chengde
Landscape gardening > China > Chengde
Painting, Chinese > Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
Prints, Chinese > Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
Summer resorts > China > Chengde
Wood-engraving, Chinese > Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
Chengde (China) > Buildings,structures, etc
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
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Call Number: SB466.C53 P5332 2011a

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