ID: 700009296 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009296	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Pavilion of Purple Radiance (assembly hall; various architects and artists; restored grandly under the M...; restored beginning 1760)

Note: A hall located just west of the Forbidden City. Was an existing pavilion originally used for parades, archery review, etc., which was restored in 1760 to be used as a center for the glorification of military triumphs. Court painters decorated the interior with portraits of 100 meritorious officials, some of which include eulogies by the emperor himself. Also decorating the hall were depictions of great battle victories and triumphal feasts.

Titles:

Pavilion of Purple Radiance (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Ziguangge (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

紫光阁 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

assembly hall [300005103] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, <social and civic buildings>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: restored beginning 1760

Creator Display:

various architects and artists; restored grandly under the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, particularly Qianlong, Emperor of China [preferred]

architects various artists (various cultural designations, architects, or other people) [500204623]

patron Qianlong, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1711-1799) [500372572]

Locations:

Beijing [7001758] Beijing Shi (municipality), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: wood frame construction; wood, masonry, tile

	frame construction (wood frame construction) [300111619]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

	tile (material) [300010676]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Qing (dynastic styles and periods) [300018478] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	triumph [300249819]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	celebration [300152441]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Pavilion of Purple Radiance	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)
	........ Di Cosmo and Wyatt, Political Frontiers in Chinese History (2005) 338 ff.
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Ziguangge	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	........ Di Cosmo and Wyatt, Political Frontiers in Chinese History (2005)
紫光阁	........ [VP]
	........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongnanhai

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Di Cosmo and Wyatt, Political Frontiers in Chinese History (2005) 338 ff.
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)