Diversity in the Great Unity : : Regional Yuan Architecture /

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
VerfasserIn:
Zuo, Lala,
HerausgeberIn:
Knapp, Ronald G.,
Ruan, Xing,
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

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