Diversity in the Great Unity : : Regional Yuan Architecture / / Lala Zuo; ed. by Xing Ruan, Ronald G. Knapp.
Timber-framed architecture has long been viewed as an embodiment of Chinese civilization, a hierarchic society ruled by Confucian orthodoxy. Throughout its history, Chinese architectural design was closely regulated by court-enforced building codes, which created a highly standardized and modularize...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Asia's Architecture
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) :; 4 color, 154 b/w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1. YUAN ARCHITECTURE
- CHAPTER 2. REGIONAL TRADITIONS
- CHAPTER 3. TIMBER-FRAMED ARCHITECTURE OF THE UPPER YANGZI
- CHAPTER 4. TIMBER-FRAMED ARCHITECTURE OF THE LOWER YANGZI
- CHAPTER 5. NON-TIMBER-FRAMED ARCHITECTURE
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX: Glossary of Chinese Architectural Terms
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR