Global architecture for eighteenth-century Beijing : building Qing enlightenments /

Global architecture for eighteenth-century Beijing : building Qing enlightenments /

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Author / Creator:	Luengo Gutiérrez, Pedro, author.
Imprint:	Liverpool : Liverpool University Press ; Oxford : on behalf of the Voltaire Foundation, [2022] ©2022
Description:	xv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English Chinese Russian French Italian
Series:	Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, 2634-8047 ; 2022:04 Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2022:04.
Subject:	Architecture -- China -- Beijing -- 18th century. Buildings. Beijing (China) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History -- 18th century. Beijing (China) -- History -- 18th century. China -- Beijing. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12745947

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Varying Form of Title:	Global architecture for 18th-century Beijing
ISBN:	9781800856189 1800856180
Notes:	Includes bibliography (pages 253-269) and index. English text, with selections in Chinese, Russian, French, and Italian.
Summary:	"This book reinterprets architecture in Beijing during the reigns of the Kangxi (1661-1722), Yongzheng (1723-1735) and Qianlong (1736-1795) emperors in the eighteenth century. More specifically, it views the building processes of the four churches and the Western palaces in the Yuánmíng Yuán garden as an example of cultural dialogue in the context of the Enlightenment. The study is based firstly on archival sources from different institutions from around the globe, using Big Data to manage them. Secondly, it places increased emphasis on architectural remains, preserved both in international collections as well as at archaeological sites. To take advantage of these remains, some were recorded using close-range photogrammetry. Digital sunlight analyses of the buildings' interiors were also carried out. From these emerging technologies, as well as written sources, it becomes possible first to reinterpret Beijing as an imperial capital where religious tolerance and cosmopolitanism were increasing, and second to re-evaluate the entire Yuánmíng Yuán Garden complex as a miniature version of Beijing. This approach makes for easier subsequent comparisons with other imperial capitals of the time, such as London, Paris and Istanbul. As such, this study reveals a largely neglected chapter in the global history of architecture, while simultaneously offering a crucial re-examination of the existing architectural remains."--Back cover.
Other form:	ebook version : Pedro Luengo. Global architecture for eighteenth-century Beijing. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2022. 9781800855335

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