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Author Kögel, Eduard, 1960- author.

Title The grand documentation : Ernst Boerschmann and Chinese religious architecture (1906-1931) / Eduard Kögel
Published Berlin : De Gruyter, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (591 pages) : color illustrations, plans
Contents Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Plates -- Introduction -- Preparation and research concept -- Field trips in China (1906-1909) -- Boerschmann's research results (1909-1931) -- Conclusion: Documenting a vanishing culture -- Addendum -- Literature -- Chinese Dynasties and Emperors -- Index -- Photocredits
Summary Ernst Boerschmann war in der ersten Hälfte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts der wichtigste ausländische Architekturforscher in China. Dieses Buch befasst sich mit seiner dreijährigen Forschungsreise (1906-1909) durch das chinesische Kaiserreich. Als erster dokumentierte er systematisch die religiöse Architektur in China und brachte von seinen Reisen viele tausend Fotographien, Skizzen und Bauaufnahmen mit. Seine sechs großformatigen Publikationen bis 1931, die in diesem Buch mitsamt den Kritiken dargestellt werden, waren Meilensteine auf dem Weg zu einer chinesischen Architekturgeschichte, lange bevor sich chinesische Kollegen (ab 1930) mit diesem Thema befassten
Ernst Boerschmann was the most influential foreign architectural researcher in China in the first half of the twentieth century. This book concerns his three-year research expedition through the Chinese Empire (1906-1909). He was the first Westerner to systematically document China's religious architecture, returning from his travels with thousands of photographs, sketches, and architectural surveys. His six major publications leading up to 1931, described here alongside the reactions they caused, were milestones on the path to formal study of Chinese architectural history, long before Chinese academics themselves began to take interest in the subject in the 1930s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Boerschmann, Ernst, 1873-1949 -- Criticism and interpretation
Boerschmann, Ernst, 1873-1949
Boerschmann, Ernst 1873-1949
Religious architecture -- China
ARCHITECTURE / Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE / Reference.
Religious architecture
Sakralbau
Forschung
Forschungsreise
China
China
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Boerschmann, Ernst, 1873-1949.
LC no. 2015472213
ISBN 9783110401349
3110401347
9783110401356
3110401355
3110374943
9783110374940