Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 390 pages) : illustrations, map |
Series |
The Princeton-China series |
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Princeton-China series.
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Contents |
Representations of architecture on vessels of the Warring States period -- Reconstruction of Northern dynasties buildings based on relief sculpture and murals in cave-temples at Maijishan -- Early Buddhist architecture in China : monastery plans and statue arrangement -- The development of timber-frame architecture during the two Jins and the Northern and Southern dynasties -- 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 -- Hanyuan Hall at Daminggong in Tang Chang'an -- The module in Tang architecture -- Imperial architecture of Tang through Ming and its relation to other architecture -- The problem of pillar displacement with respect to the characteristics of Song construction -- Song architecture in South China and its relation to Japanese Great Buddha-style architecture of the Kamakura period -- Northern Song architecture in the painting A thousand li of rivers and mountains by Wang Ximeng -- Typical design features of Ming palaces and altars in Beijing |
Notes |
Translated from the Chinese |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on print version record |
Subject |
Architecture -- China.
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Vernacular architecture -- China.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman, editor
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Harrer, Alexandra, translator
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ISBN |
9781400885138 (electronic bk.) |
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1400885132 (electronic bk.) |
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