Splendors of China's Forbidden City
Title | Splendors of China's Forbidden City PDF eBook |
Author | Chuimei Ho |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781858942032 |
Offering an unprecedented insight into one of the most glittering courts in history, this sumptuous book brings together some China's priceless national treasures, housed in Beijing's royal palace complex, the Forbidden City, and collected by Emperor Qianlong during his sixty-year reign from 1736 to 1795.
Secret World of the Forbidden City
Title | Secret World of the Forbidden City PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce MacLaren |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | China |
ISBN | 9780883891209 |
Secret World of the Forbidden City
Title | Secret World of the Forbidden City PDF eBook |
Author | Xin Yang |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 100 |
Release | 2000-01-01 |
Genre | China |
ISBN | 9780963395993 |
Empresses of China's Forbidden City
Title | Empresses of China's Forbidden City PDF eBook |
Author | Daisy Yiyou Wang |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | ART |
ISBN | 9780300237085 |
"Empresses of China's Forbidden City: 1644-1912 accompanies the exhibition of the same title organized by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the Freer]Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC, and the Palace Museum, Beijing, China."
The Qianlong Emperor
Title | The Qianlong Emperor PDF eBook |
Author | Zhang Hongxing |
Publisher | National Museums of Scotland |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Qianlong, the great 18th-century Emperor, ruled China for 60 years, during which time the country became the mot wealthy and populous nation in the world. An open-minded, truthful and hard working ruler, the Emperor was also a poet, painter and calligrapher, as well as an art collector and connoisseur. In conjunction with the first exhibition from the Palace Museum Beijing to the UK, this illustrated catalogue covers the Qianlong Emperor and depicts the many facets of his life. It also looks in detail at the art produced during his rule, both by himself and the artists he employed including court and genre portraits, prints, gold, silver and jade objects and textiles. This catalogue consists of five essays by the experts of the Palace Museum and introductory texts to 90 exhibits from its superb collections.
Forbidden City
Title | Forbidden City PDF eBook |
Author | Jian Li |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Art, Chinese |
ISBN |
Beijing's Imperial Palace
Title | Beijing's Imperial Palace PDF eBook |
Author | Zhigang Yang |
Publisher | Shanghai Book Traders |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Ancient Chinese architecture |
ISBN | 9781606521212 |
"This book serves as an illustrated guide to the Forbidden City, and the historical relics that lie within."--Back cover.