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Author Berliner, Nancy Zeng, 1958-

Title The emperor's private paradise : treasures from the Forbidden City / Nancy Berliner ; with Marc C. Eliott .. [and others]..

Publication Info. Salem, Mass. : Peabody Essex Museum ; New Haven [Conn.] : In association with Yale University Press, [2010]
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Description 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Note "[A]ccompanies the exhibition of the same name organized by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, in partnership with the Palace Museum and in cooperation with the World Monuments Fund, on view from September 14, 2010 through January 9, 2011; and traveling to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from February 3, 2011 through May 1, 2011; and the Milwaukee Art Museum, from June 11, 2011 through September 12, 2011"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [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 -- 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 of the exhibition.
Subject Forbidden City (Beijing, China) -- Exhibitions.
Gardens, Chinese -- China -- Beijing -- Exhibitions.
Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799 -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.
Palaces -- China -- Beijing -- Exhibitions.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- China -- Beijing -- Exhibitions.
Beijing (China) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Exhibitions.
Added Author Elliott, Mark C.
Peabody Essex Museum.
World Monuments Fund (New York, N.Y.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Gu gong bo wu yuan (China)
Milwaukee Art Museum.
Other Form: Online version: Berliner, Nancy Zeng, 1958- Emperor's private paradise. Salem, Mass. : Peabody Essex Museum ; New Haven [Conn.] : In association with Yale University Press, c2010 (OCoLC)733978599
ISBN 9780300163896 Yale University Press cloth
0300163894 Yale University Press cloth
9780875772218 (Peabody Essex Museum : pbk)
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