A Jesuit garden in Beijing and early modern Chinese culture / Hui Zou.

Main entry:

Zou, Hui, 1967-

Title & Author:

A Jesuit garden in Beijing and early modern Chinese culture / Hui Zou.

Publication:

Description:

190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Comparative cultural studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A theoretical and historical introduction to the Chinese garden -- The Chinese garden and the concept of the virtue of round brightness -- The Chinese garden and the concept of the vision of jing -- The Chinese gGarden and the Western linear perspective -- The Chinese garden and the concept of the line-method -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Kangxi's record of the Garden of Uninhibited Spring -- Appendix 2: Kangxi's record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness -- Appendix 3: Qianlong's later record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness -- Appendix 4: Qianlong's record of the Village of Ten-Thousand Springs -- Appendix 5: Qianlong's record of Kunming Lake by Longevity Hill -- Appendix 6: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Clear Ripples on Longevity Hill -- Appendix 7: Qianlong's record of the Best Spring of China on Jade-Spring Hill -- Appendix 8: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Tranquil Pleasure.
CCA mentioned in acknowledgements.

ISBN:

9781557535832
1557535833

Subject:

Kangxi, Emperor of China, 1654-1722.
Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799.
Jesuits China Beijing History 18th century.
Jesuits.
Historic gardens China Beijing.
Gardens, European China Beijing History 18th century.
Gardens China Beijing Design History 18th century.
Gardens Social aspects China Beijing History 18th century.
Landscape gardening China Beijing History 18th century.
Jardins historiques Chine Pékin.
Jardins européens Histoire 18e siècle.
Jardins Architecture Chine Pékin Histoire 18e siècle.
Jardins Aspect social Chine Pékin Histoire 18e siècle.
Civilization.
Gardens Design.
Gardens, European.
Gardens Social aspects.
Historic gardens.
Landscape gardening.
Yuan Ming Yuan (Beijing, China) History.
China Civilization 1644-1912.
Yuan Ming Yuan (Pékin, Chine) Histoire.
Chine Civilisation 1644-1912.
China.
China Beijing.
China Beijing Yuan Ming Yuan.
Centre canadien d'architecture Mentions, acknowledgments, etc.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Comparative cultural studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275188
Call No.: BIB 209219
Status: Available

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