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Line drawing of detail of painting Breaking the Balustrade

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Description: Line drawing of detail of painting Breaking the Balustrade

TitleLine drawing of detail of painting Breaking the Balustrade

Creator nameMa, Hezhi

Creator name (description)attributed to Ma Hezhi; illustration by Fu Xinian

Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1100–1200

Object typePainting

MaterialsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsArchitecture--China--HistoryPainting, Chinese--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368

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6. Hanyuan Hall at Daminggong in Tang Chang’an

Fu Xinian, Nancy S. Steinhardt (Editor), Alexandra Harrer (Translator)

Description: Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays

Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays

The Daminggong (Palace of Great Illumination) was located adjacent to the outer wall of the Tang capital Chang’an along the eastern section of the north city wall. Originally it was part of the imperial garden of the Sui dynasty. In 634 the Tang emperor Taizong (Li Shimin) (r. 627–649) built Yong’angong (Palace of Eternal Peace) as a residence for...

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Fu Xinian, Nancy S. Steinhardt (Editor), Alexandra Harrer (Translator)

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Copyright©2017 by Princeton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.167-208

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.003586

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Chapter subject tags:Architecture--China--HistoryChina--History--Tang dynasty, 618-907Palaces--ChinaExcavations (Archaeology)--China

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