Empresses of China's Forbidden City : 1644-1912 / edited by Daisy Yiyou Wang and Jan Stuart ; with essays and entries by Daisy Yiyou Wang, Jan Stuart, Lin Shu, Luk Yu-ping, Ying-chen Peng, Evelyn S. Rawski, Ren Wanping, and additional entries by curators at the Palace Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the Freer/Sackler, Smithsonian Institution.
Wang, Yiyou, editor.; Stuart, Jan, 1955- editor.; Shu, Lin, contributor.; Yu-ping, Luk, contributor.; Peng, Ying-chen, contributor.; Rawski, Evelyn Sakakida, contributor.; Wanping, Ren, contributor.; Palace Museum, organizer.; Peabody Essex Museum, organizer, host institution.; Freer Gallery of Art, organizer, host institution.; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), organizer, host institution.
2018
DS754.14 .E47 2018 (Mapit)
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Title Empresses of China's Forbidden City : 1644-1912 / edited by Daisy Yiyou Wang and Jan Stuart ; with essays and entries by Daisy Yiyou Wang, Jan Stuart, Lin Shu, Luk Yu-ping, Ying-chen Peng, Evelyn S. Rawski, Ren Wanping, and additional entries by curators at the Palace Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the Freer/Sackler, Smithsonian Institution.
ISBN 9780300237085 (hardcover)
0300237081 (hardcover)
9780875772356 (paperback)
0875772358 (paperback)
Published Salem, Massachusetts : Peabody Essex Museum ; Washington, DC : Freer/Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, 2018.
Distributed New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed by Yale University Press.
Language English
Description 261 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 32 cm
Call Number DS754.14 .E47 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 951/.0309252
Summary "Empresses in the Qing dynasty played an influential role in the imperial court and the cosmopolitan culture of their time. Offering compelling insights into the material culture, activities, and living spaces of Qing empresses, this lavishly illustrated book features over one hundred spectacular works of art from the Palace Museum in Beijing--including large-scale portraits, court robes, and richly decorated Buddhist sutras--that bring the splendor of the Qing court to life. A series of in-sightful essays examines the fascinating ways that key imperial women engaged with art, religion, and politics. This unprecedented exploration of the Qing court from the perspective of its top-ranked women is an important new contribution to our understanding of Chinese art and history"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Empresses of China's Forbidden City: 1644-1912 accompanies the exhibition of the same title organized by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the Freer/Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC, and the Palace Museum, Beijing, China.
Exhibition Itinerary : Peabody Essex Museum, August 18, 2018-February 10, 2019 and Freer/Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, March 30-June 23, 2019.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Wang, Yiyou, editor.
Stuart, Jan, 1955- editor.
Shu, Lin, contributor.
Yu-ping, Luk, contributor.
Peng, Ying-chen, contributor.
Rawski, Evelyn Sakakida, contributor.
Wanping, Ren, contributor.
Added Corporate Author Palace Museum, organizer.
Peabody Essex Museum, organizer, host institution.
Freer Gallery of Art, organizer, host institution.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), organizer, host institution.
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Introduction : Rediscovering the Empresses of Qing China, 1644-1912 / Daisy Yiyou Wang and Jan Stuart
Key Empresses in the Qing Imperial Family
Timeline of Qing Empresses in World Context / Doris Sung and Paula Richter
Map of the Forbidden City
Qing Empresses and Their Place in History / Evelyn S. Rawski
Qing Empresses and Grand Imperial Weddings / Ren Wanping
Tracing the Lives of Qing Court Women / Jan Stuart
Empress Dowager Chongqing and the Palace of Longevity and Health / Lin Shu
Deciphering Portraits of Qing Empresses / Daisy Yiyou Wang
Qing Empresses as Religious Patrons and Practitioners / Luk Yu-ping
Empresses and Qing Court Politics / Ying-chen Peng
Plates
Catalogue of the Exhibition
Glossary of Selected Names and Terms.

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