Chinese Architecture in an Age of Turmoil, 200-600 /

Chinese Architecture in an Age of Turmoil, 200-600 / / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt; ed. by Xing Ruan, Ronald G. Knapp.

Between the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 CE and the year 600, more than thirty dynasties, kingdoms, and states rose and fell on the eastern side of the Asian continent. The founders and rulers of those polities represented the spectrum of peoples in North, East, and Central Asia. Nearly all of the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman,
HerausgeberIn:
Knapp, Ronald G.,
Ruan, Xing,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (496 p.) :; 362 illustrations, 114 in color
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Notes on Romanization and Spelling
  • Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
  • Introduction Two Pagodas, Myriad Caves and Tombs
  • Part One: Background to Architecture in an Age of Turmoil
  • 1. Division and Reorganization into Visions of Empire
  • 2. Han Beginnings
  • Part Two. Four Centuries of Great Monuments
  • 3. The Third Century: Emergence of Buddhist Architecture
  • 4. The Fourth Century Permanent Materials for Worship, Death, and Defense
  • 5. The Fifth Century Architecture for Barbarian Dynasties
  • 6. The Sixth Century Wooden Halls Revealed
  • Part Three. Understanding and Resolution of Architecture in an Age of Turmoil
  • 7. Patterns and Achievements of Thirdthrough-Sixth-Century Architecture
  • 8. Seeing China Through Korea and Japan
  • Postscript The Borders of Chinese Architecture
  • Notes
  • Character Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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