Marble Boat
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Marble Boat
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Summer Palace, Beijing, China.
The Marble Boat, also known as the Boat of Purity and Ease, is a lakeside pavilion on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China.
Empress Cixi paid for this extravaganza with funds meant for the modernization of the Imperial Navy. The superstructure of the boat is made of wood painted white to look like marble.
In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List= Ref: 880.
It declared the Summer Palace "a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value".
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March 23rd, 2017
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Teresa Zieba
Karen, thank you for featuring this image in "Lady Photographers and Artists" group. I'm honored and humbled.
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