DESROCHES Jean-Paul (dir.)
The Forbidden City in Monaco. Court life of emperors and empresses in China.
Skira / Grimaldi Forum Monaco
Regular price
€35,00
| N° d'inventaire | 25839 |
| Format | 22.5 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 288 p., richly illustrated, bound. |
| Publication | Paris, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782370740564 |
"The Forbidden City in Monaco: Court Life of the Emperors and Empresses of China" is an invitation to discover the splendors of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) through some 250 exceptional works, including national treasures from the former palace of the Chinese sovereigns as well as major European and North American collections. The exhibition is a window onto a China at its zenith, whose territory was never so large, protected at its borders by 200,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, while 20,000 scholars administered its empire and 10,000 people lived at court in Beijing, around the Son of Heaven.
Official art, imperial portraits, ceremonial costumes, armor, regalia, and more generally court life, both refined and intimate, are illustrated by distinguished works, antique jades, paintings by old masters, rare calligraphy, delicate porcelain, precious silks... A fabulous immersion into the heart of the Celestial Empire, offered to share.
Official art, imperial portraits, ceremonial costumes, armor, regalia, and more generally court life, both refined and intimate, are illustrated by distinguished works, antique jades, paintings by old masters, rare calligraphy, delicate porcelain, precious silks... A fabulous immersion into the heart of the Celestial Empire, offered to share.
Official art, imperial portraits, ceremonial costumes, armor, regalia, and more generally court life, both refined and intimate, are illustrated by distinguished works, antique jades, paintings by old masters, rare calligraphy, delicate porcelain, precious silks... A fabulous immersion into the heart of the Celestial Empire, offered to share.