{"product_id":"imperial-illusions-kristina-kleutghen-9780295994109","title":"Imperial Illusions: Crossing Pictorial Boundaries in the Qing Palaces","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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 perspectival illusionism to transform walls and ceilings with visually striking images that were also deeply meaningful to Qianlong. These unprecedented works not only offer new insights into late imperial China's most influential emperor, but also reflect one way in which Chinese art integrated and domesticated foreign ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eImperial Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, Kristina Kleutghen examines all known surviving examples of the Qing court phenomenon of \"scenic illusion paintings\" (tongjinghua), which today remain inaccessible inside the Forbidden City. Produced at the height of early modern cultural exchange between China and Europe, these works have received little scholarly attention. Richly illustrated, Imperial Illusions offers the first comprehensive investigation of the aesthetic, cultural, perceptual, and political importance of these illusionistic paintings essential to Qianlong's world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArt History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http: \/\/arthistorypi.org\/books\/imperial-illusions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristina Kleutghen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029599410X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295994109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.16h x 7.75w x 1.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2015 pg. 17","brand":"Kristina Kleutghen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064817168639,"sku":"9780295994109","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91cbc414-546d-40a4-a9aa-75951363db8b.jpg?v=1768671225","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imperial-illusions-kristina-kleutghen-9780295994109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}