Traditional Chinese architecture : twelve essays /
Fu Xinian is considered by many to be the world's leading historian of Chinese architecture. He is an expert on every type of Chinese architecture from every period through the nineteenth century, and his work is at the cutting edge of the field. This wide-ranging book gathers together, for the...
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| Uniform title: | Essays. |
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman, editor. Harrer, Alexandra, translator. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Chinese |
| Imprint: | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017] |
| Series: | Princeton-China series.
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Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Editor's Note
- Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
- Map of China
- Biography of Fu Xinian $$$
- 1. Representations of Architecture on Vessels of the Warring States Period
- 2. Reconstruction of Northern Dynasties Buildings Based on Relief Sculpture and Murals in Cave-Temples at Maijishan
- 3. Early Buddhist Architecture in China
- 4. The Development of Timber-Frame Architecture during the Two Jins and the Northern and Southern Dynasties
- 5. Architectural Features of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Periods in China as Reflected in Japanese Architecture of the Asuka and Nara Periods
- 6. Hanyuan Hall at Daminggong in Tang Chang'an
- 7. The Module in Tang Architecture
- 8. Imperial Architecture of Tang through Ming and Its Relation to Other Architecture
- 9. The Problem of Pillar Displacement with Respect to the Characteristics of Song Construction
- 10. Song Architecture in South China and Its Relation to Japanese Great Buddha-Style Architecture of the Kamakura Period
- 11. Northern Song Architecture in the Painting A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains by Wang Ximeng
- 12. Typical Design Features of Ming Palaces and Altars in Beijing
- Glossary
- Index