Splendors of Imperial China
treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Author
Contributions
- Hearn, Maxwell K. - Contributor
Publication
1996 - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
36,000 words, Guess
Page Count
144 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL809768M
- ISBN-100870997661
- OCLC Control Number33948953
- OCLC Control Numbersplendorsofimper0000guol
- Library of Congress Control Number95046590
and 2 more
- LibraryThing693173
- Goodreads1725270
Classifications
- DDC709/.51/0747471
- LCCN3750.T32 A66 1996
Description
The collection of the National Palace Museum is made up largely of the personal holdings of the Ch'ien-lung emperor (reigned 1736-95). Representing the artistic legacy of imperial China, it offers an unsurpassed view of Chinese civilization. The objects lavishly illustrated and described in this book, which include magnificent ritual bronzes, precious jades, monumental landscape paintings, and exquisite ceramics, are among the finest ever created. Published to accompany the exhibition "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei," the book takes the reader through the most significant periods of Chinese culture: its foundations in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, its flowering in the sophisticated world of the Sung dynasty, its exuberance during the Ming, and its technical brilliance under the Manchus. The author makes the unique beauty of this art accessible through comparisons of selected works and through discussion of their historical context.
Subjects
Topics
Genres
- Exhibitions.
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