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China's lost imperial garden : the world's most exquisite garden rediscovered / by Guo Daiheng ; translated by Yawtsong Lee ; [photographs by Guo Daiheng, Quanjing].
Van Pelt Library SB470.55.C6 G86 2016
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Fine Arts Library SB470.55.C6 G86 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guo, Daiheng, author, photographer.
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardens--China--Beijing.
- Gardens.
- Landscape architecture--China--Beijing.
- Landscape architecture.
- Yuan Ming Yuan (Beijing, China).
- China--Beijing.
- China--Beijing--Yuan Ming Yuan.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Better Link Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Chinese.
- Summary:
- Built in 1707, the Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan) is a masterpiece integrating the classic garden-building arts of China. It is reputed as the "Garden of all Gardens," due to its rich and incomparable landscaping. The beautiful and expansive gardens were known to the world, and triggered the craze of Chinese gardens in 18th century Europe. Victor Hugo, one of the best and greatest known French writers, described it as "Achievements generated from the imagination of a super nation." Scenes of the Old Summer Palace in this book are the exact results from a digitalized Old Summer Palace, which reveals the magnificence of the garden in its prime.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781602200210
- 1602200211
- OCLC:
- 951672760
- Publisher Number:
- 99967803371
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