GGH241 - NEW BOOK Hong Kong Palace Museum: YUAN MING YUAN. Art and Culture of an Imperial Garden Palace. Hong Kong, 2024. 280 pp. Colour illustrations throughout, a good number full page. 30x23 cm. Wrappers. GBP 140.00 Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, the new branch of the Beijing Gugong Museum. A wide-ranging survey and examination of this beloved Summer Palace complex of the Qing emperors, so sadly destroyed in 1860. Covers the architecture, the numerous gardens, the court culture and the art held there. Informative texts and essays are accompanied by many illustrations of maps, paintings and albums plus numerous inperial-quality objects of art in various media. A good contribution to the literature on this enigmatic place. English edition. Hard to obtain. Subjects: Gardens Court Life Item 4 in List 211. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?h/GGH241.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |