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China´s Lost Imperial Garden: The World´s Most Exquisite Garden Rediscovered
Guo Daiheng
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Description for China´s Lost Imperial Garden: The World´s Most Exquisite Garden Rediscovered
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 Chinese paintings, architectual plans, 3D drawings; garden designs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AMV; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 308 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1560.
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. The Old Summer Palace was also the second political center in addition to the Forbidden City ... Read more
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. The Old Summer Palace was also the second political center in addition to the Forbidden City ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shanghai Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781602200210
SKU
V9781602200210
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Ref
99-50
About Guo Daiheng
As a graduate from Qinghua University in 1960, Guo Daiheng was a student of Professor Liang Sicheng. She is now a professor and PhD tutor of Qinghua University, the first-grade national registered architect, and concurrently the director of Beijing Old Summer Palace Research Society. She has won such awards as the First Class Award of the National Natural Science Awards ... Read more
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