| Description |
187 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 37 cm |
| Series |
Ancient Chinese architecture |
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Zhongguo gu jian zhu da xi. English.
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中國古建築大系. English.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Photographs: ? Jiangsu province ? Zhejiang province ? Guangdong province -- Text: ? Development of Private Gardens: The garden as a means fo seclusion ? freeing man from his worldly cares in order that he may gain a clearer vision of the truth ? Artistic Characteristics of Private Gardens: The beauty of primitive simplicity. The merging of poetry in natural scenery. A walk through a scroll painting ? Layout Plan and Design: To create the limitless within a limited space, To integrate the solemn and subdued with the charming and bright ? Buildings of Hills and Rockeries and Handling of Water: Harmonious integration of the splendour of mountains with lakes, pools and brooks in deep valleys ? Building Forms, Types and Materials: Exquisitely refined pavilions, studios, waterside pavilions and land boats -- Appendices, Notes on the Photographs, Maps and Chronology |
| Notes |
Translation of: Wen ren yuan lin jian zhu : yi jing shan shui ting yuan yuan |
| Subject |
Architecture -- China -- History -- Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912.
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Garden structures -- China -- Jiangsu Sheng.
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Garden structures -- China.
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Gardens, Chinese -- China -- Pictorial works.
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Gardens, Chinese -- China.
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Landscape gardening -- China -- Pictorial works.
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Landscape gardening -- China.
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| Author |
Chang, Long.
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| LC no. |
2003376904 |
| ISBN |
3211830073 |
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3211830308 (Complete series) |
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9783211830079 |
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9783211830307 (Complete series) |
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