Place and memory in the Singing Crane Garden / Vera Schwarcz.

Main entry:

Schwarcz, Vera, 1947-

Title & Author:

Place and memory in the Singing Crane Garden / Vera Schwarcz.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Penn studies in landscape architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index.
Introduction: A Garden Made of Language and Time 1 -- 1 Singing Cranes and Manchu Princes 31 -- 2 War Invades the Garden 78 -- 3 Consciousness in the Dark Earth 113 -- 4 Red Terror on the Site of Ming He Yuan 148 -- 5 Spaciousness Regained in the Museum 183 -- Conclusion: The Past's Tiered Continuum 216 -- Dramatis Personae 225.

Summary:

The Singing Crane Garden in northwest Beijing has a history dense with classical artistic vision, educational experimentation, political struggle, and tragic suffering. This text gives voice to this richly layered corner of China's cultural landscape.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780812241006 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0812241002 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Garten
Ming He Yuan (Beijing, China) History.
Ming He Yuan (Pékin, Chine) Histoire.
China Beijing Ming He Yuan
Peking

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Penn studies in landscape architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259354
Call No.: BIB 190279
Status: Available

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