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The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures traces the three-thousand-year history of the emperor's imperial collection, from the Bronze Age to the present. The tortuous story of these treasures involves a succession of dynasties, invasion and conquest, and civil war, resulting in valiant attempts to rescue and preserve the collection. Throughout history, different Chinese regimes used the imperial collection to bolster their own political legitimacy, domestically and internationally.The narrative follows the gradual formation of the Peking Palace Museum in 1925, then its hasty fragmentation as large parts of the collection were moved perilously over long distances to escape wartime destruction, and finally its formal division into what are today two Palace Museums-one in Beijing, the other in Taipei.Enlivened by the personalities of those who cared for the collection, this textured account of the imperial treasures highlights magnificent artworks and their arduous transit through politics, war, and diplomatic reconciliations. Over the years, control of the collections has been fiercely contested, from early dynasties through Mongol and Japanese invaders to Nationalist and Communist rivals- a saga that continues today.This first book-length investigation of the imperial collections will be of great interest to China scholars, historians, and Chinese art specialists. Its tales of palace intrigue will fascinate a wide variety of readers.

Art --- Art, Chinese. --- Chinese art --- Art, Occidental --- Art, Visual --- Art, Western (Western countries) --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Visual --- Fine arts --- Iconography --- Occidental art --- Visual arts --- Western art (Western countries) --- Arts --- Aesthetics --- Political aspects --- China --- Kings and rulers --- Art collections. --- History --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- Rois et souverains --- Aspect politique --- Collections d'art --- Art, Primitive --- Architecture --- Arts décoratifs --- Dessin --- Gravure sur bois --- Peinture --- Sculpture --- Dynastes --- Monarques --- Princes (monarques) --- Radjahs --- Rajahs --- Rajas --- Rois --- Royauté --- Souverains --- Attouchement du roi --- Châteaux royaux --- Chefs --- Couples royaux --- Cour et courtisans --- Couronnements --- Faux rois et souverains --- Insignes royaux --- Liste civile --- Maisons des rois, souverains, etc. --- Maisons royales --- Mariages royaux et nobles --- Monarchie --- Philosophes-rois --- Pouvoir royal --- Reines --- Califes --- Émirs --- Empereurs --- Pharaons --- Régents --- Rois et souverains artistes --- Rois et souverains poètes --- Sultans --- Vice-rois --- Chefs d'État --- Arts plastiques --- Arts visuels --- Beaux-arts --- Et l'art --- Oeuvres d'art --- Archéologie --- Archéologie et art --- Art-thérapie --- Art et anthropologie --- Art et camouflage --- Art et cinéma --- Art et danse --- Art et design --- Art et diplomatie --- Art et ésotérisme --- Art et exil --- Art et géographie --- Art et handicapés --- Art et histoire --- Art et industrie --- Art et mondialisation --- Art et musique --- Art et photographie --- Art et politique --- Art et publicité --- Art et sciences --- Art et technologie --- Artothèques --- Bibliothèques d'art --- Carrière --- Centres d'art --- Communication visuelle et art --- Critique d'art --- Dans l'art --- Droit et art --- Expertise --- Féminisme et art --- Homosexualité et art --- Iconographie --- Iconophagie --- Idéologie et art --- Liberté et art --- Marchands d'oeuvres d'art --- Matériel d'artistes --- Médias et art --- Mode et art --- Modèles --- Philosophie et art --- Photographie d'oeuvres d'art --- Psychanalyse et art --- Psychologie de l'art --- Reproduction --- Rôle selon le sexe dans l'art --- Sémiotique et art --- Sociologie de l'art --- Transidentité et art --- Vie artistique --- Allégorie (art) --- Appropriation (art) --- Art animalier --- Art anonyme --- Art brut --- Art colonial --- Art d'amateurs --- Art dans la rue --- Art dissident --- Art en décoration intérieure --- Art enfantin --- Art érotique --- Art fantastique --- Art figuratif --- Art monumental --- Art naïf --- Art narratif --- Art olfactif --- Art pariétal --- Art populaire --- Art primitif --- Art public --- Art religieux --- Arts graphiques --- Caprices (art) --- Chefs-d'oeuvre (art) --- Création collective (art) --- Détails (art) --- Empreinte (art) --- Esquisses (art) --- Fantasy (art) --- Formalisme (art) --- Fragments (art) --- Imitation (art) --- Influence littéraire, artistique, etc. --- Ligne (art) --- Mouvements artistiques --- Multiples (art) --- Oeuvres d'art disparues --- Oeuvres d'art inachevées --- Orientalisme (art) --- Paléoart --- Parodie (art) --- Personnification (art) --- Photographie --- Point (art) --- Primitivisme (art) --- Reflets (art) --- Séries (art) --- Sublime (art) --- Titres d'oeuvres d'art --- Transparence (art) --- Abdication --- Collections d'armes --- Exil --- Mort --- Statut juridique --- Tombes --- Aspect social --- Assurance --- Attribution --- Catalogage --- Conservation et restauration --- Édition --- Étude et enseignement --- Faux --- Histoire --- Location et prêt --- Matériaux --- Mutilation, dégradation, etc. --- Philosophie --- Politique publique --- Provenance --- Publics --- Technique --- Thèmes, motifs --- Vol (droit) --- art --- [Localisations géographiques] --- Remakes --- Styles --- Accession au trône --- Collections d'armes royales --- Art et société --- Religion --- Prêt et location entre musées --- Réitérations (art) --- Style