Forêt, Philippe2016-11-232016-11-232010-11-01Forêt Philippe, 2010, Staking a Claim in Paradise : The Appropriation of Central Asia by the Capitals of China (1625-1945). http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/1933http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/1933Lecture given at the China in Asia colloquia series, 2010-2011 OBJECTIVE Understand the non-Chinese notions at work in landscape-making and in thegarden architecture of the imperial capitals of China. METHODOLOGY Examine imperial villas, gardens and temples. Hypothesis: These sites represent physically and explicitly theories andtechniques on landscape appropriation. Case study: The residences of the Qing dynasty (1625-1912) in Shenyang, Beijing (Yuanming yuan and Yihe yuan) and in Chengde (Bishu shanzhuang),and those of Manchoukouo (1932-1945). EXPECTED RESULTS Conceptualize the Qing landscape through changes in scale rather thanthrough ruptures in time.enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United Stateshistorical geographyCentral Asia and Chinaimperial landscapecultural landscapenotion and representationplace and scalestate buildingQing dynasty (1644-1912) and successor statescapital citiesfrontier studiesBeijingChengdeShenyangChangchunResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Religion/Theology::History of religionPresentation