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LINKS
The 20 Engravings
China on Paper: European and Chinese Works from the Late Sixteenth to the Early
Nineteenth Century. Exhibition, November 6, 2007–February 10, 2008 at the Getty Center. View
A Suite of Twenty Engravings of the Yuan Ming-Yuan Summer Palaces and Gardens of
the Chinese Emperor Ch'ien Lung, New York Public Library (View)
European Palaces at the Garden of Perfect Brightness, engraver (printmaker): Yi
Lantai (Chinese, active 1749-1786), MIT Department of Architecture; all 20
engravings. View
Articles/Texts
China and Europe Intertwined: A New View of the European Sector of the Chang
Chun Yuan (View)
The jing of line-method: a perspective garden in the Garden of Round Brightness,
PhD dissertation by Hui Zou, McGill School of Architecture, (c) 2005. This
dissertation examines the history of the Western Multistoried-Buildings garden
(Xiyang Lou) located within the Chinese imperial Garden of Round Brightness
(Yuanming yuan) of the Qing dynasty. (View)
Remembering Imperialism in China: British and Chinese Representations of the
Destruction of Yuan Ming Yuan, Bachelor’s thesis by Matthew James Van Duyn, Wesleyan, Class of 2009. View
Wikipedia: Xiyang Lou (Chinese: 西洋楼; pinyin: XīyángLóu; literally "Western mansion(s)"), are ruins of 18th-century European-style
imperial buildings. View
Press Surrounding Yuanmingyuan Objects on the Contemporary Market
History of Gardens in East Asia by François Louis, Bard Graduate Center
Website includes Online Resources and Bibliography for the Yuanmingyuan. View