Kleutghen, Kristina. <br/><br/>
Imperial Illusions :  Crossing Pictorial Boundaries in the Qing Palaces. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (396 pages) 
 - Art History Publication Initiative Bks. .
 - Art History Publication Initiative Bks. .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to Readers -- Chronology of Chinese Dynasties and Political Periods -- Introduction: A New Vision of Painting -- One. Painted Walls and Pictorial Illusions -- Two. The Study of Vision -- Three. Contemplating the Future -- Four. Peacocks and Cave- Heavens -- Five. Staging Europe -- Six. The Beauty in the Garden -- Epilogue: Illusions, Imperial and Otherwise -- Appendix: Chinese Texts -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780295805528 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Qianlong, -- Emperor of China, -- 1711-1799 -- Art patronage.<br/>Gu gong bo wu yuan (China).<br/>Painting, Chinese -- China -- Beijing -- Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912.<br/>Art and society -- China -- History -- 18th century.<br/>Trompe l''oeil painting -- China -- Beijing.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AHP 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>759.951/156