| ISBN |
0300163894 (Yale University Press ; cloth) |
| 9780300163896(Yale University Press ; cloth) |
| 9780875772218 (Peabody Essex Museum ; pbk.) |
| Author |
Berliner, Nancy |
| Title |
The emperor's private paradise : treasures from the Forbidden City / [by] Nancy Berliner ; with Mark C. Elliott ... [et al.] |
| Publisher |
Salem, MA ; New Haven, CT : Peabody Essex Museum ; Yale University Press, 2010 |
| Physical desc. |
255 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 32 cm. |
| Note |
Published in association with Peabody Essex Museum to accompany the exhibition of the same name organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, in partnership with the Palace Museum and in cooperation with the World Monuments Fund, on view from September 14 2010-January 9 2011, then at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from February 3 2011-May 1 2011, and the Milwaukee Art Museum from June 11 2011-September 12 2011. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Dan L. Monroe and Lynda Roscoe Hartigan -- The Palace Museum and the Qianlong Garden / Zheng Xinmiao -- The World Monuments Fund and the Qianlong Garden / Bonnie Burnham -- Sponsors' statements -- Acknowledgements / Nancy Berliner -- Chronology of Chinese dynasties and reigns of Qing emperors -- Timeline of China, Europe, and America in the 1700s / Bruce MacLaren -- Map of the Qianlong Garden -- Introduction: the Qianlong emperor and his age / Mark C. Elliott -- Gardens for emperors and scholars / Nancy Berliner -- The Qianlong emperor's earlier gardens / Nancy Berliner -- The Qianlong Garden in the Palace of Tranquility and Longevity / Nancy Berliner -- Coda: the survival and revival of the emperor's vision / Liu Chang, Yuan Hongqi, and Henry Tzu Ng -- Catalogue for the exhibition. |
| Subject |
Gardens, Chinese -- China -- Beijing -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Chinese -- Exhibitions |
| Forbidden City (Beijing, China) Exhibitions |
| Added name(s) |
Elliott, Mark C. |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Peabody Essex Museum |
| Gu gong bo wu yuan (China) |
