Traditional Chinese Architecture : : Twelve Essays /

Traditional Chinese Architecture : : Twelve Essays / / Xinian Fu; ed. by Nancy Steinhardt.

A groundbreaking book by one of the world's leading historians of Chinese architectureTranslated by Alexandra Harrer.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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
Fu, Xinian,
TeilnehmendeR:
Harrer, Alexandra.
HerausgeberIn:
Steinhardt, Nancy,
MitwirkendeR:
Ximeng, Wang,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:The Princeton-China Series ; 8
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (448 p.) :; 150 line illus.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Editor's Note
  • Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
  • Maps of China
  • Biography of Fu Xinian
  • One. Representations of Architecture on Vessels of the Warring States Period
  • Two. Reconstruction of Northern Dynasties Buildings Based on Relief Sculpture and Murals in Cave-Temples at Maijishan
  • Three. Early Buddhist Architecture in China
  • Four. The Development of Timber-Frame Architecture during the Two Jins and the Northern and Southern Dynasties
  • Five. 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
  • Six. Hanyuan Hall at Daminggong in Tang Chang'an
  • Seven. The Module in Tang Architecture
  • Eight. Imperial Architecture of Tang through Ming and Its Relation to Other Architecture
  • Eight. The Problem of Pillar Displacement with Respect to the Characteristics of Song Construction
  • Ten. Song Architecture in South China and Its Relation to Japanese Great Buddha-Style Architecture of the Kamakura Period
  • Eleven. Northern Song Architecture in the Painting A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains
  • Twelve. Typical Design Features of Ming Palaces and Altars in Beijing
  • Glossary
  • Index

Similar Items