Kristina Kleutghen: 1 book
Imperial Illusions
Crossing Pictorial Boundaries in the Qing Palaces
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
In the Forbidden City and other palaces around Beijing, Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795) surrounded himself with monumental paintings of architecture, gardens, people, and faraway places. The best artists of the imperial painting academy, including a number of European missionary painters, used Western...
