A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture: Past, Present, Future examines the impact of Chinese philosophy on China's historic structures, as well as on modern Chinese urban aesthetics and architectural forms. For architecture in China moving forward, author David Wang posits a theor…
Liang Ssu-ch'eng (1901-1972) was a pioneer in the scientific study of Chinese architectural history. He virtually created this field in China, and most of its current practitioners are his students. The book, which he wrote in English for a Western public and originally intended…
Routledge handbook of Chinese architecture
"Originally presented as a series of Mellon lectures at the National Gallery of Art, Ten Thousand Things combines aesthetic and cultural insights with a rich variety of illustrations to make a new statement about Chinese art and society."--Jacket
"Originally presented as a series of Mellon lectures at the National Gallery of Art, Ten Thousand Things combines aesthetic and cultural insights with a rich variety of illustrations to make a new statement about Chinese art and society."--Jacket.
The Forbidden City
by MacFarquhar, Roderick, Newsweek, inc., Book Division
fromWonders of man
The Forbidden City
by MacFarquhar, Roderick, Newsweek, inc., Book Division
fromWonders of man
The Forbidden City provides a lively and informative history, along with many illustrations of perhaps Chinas most famous city.
Traditional Chinese Architecture
by Steinhardt, Nancy Riva Shatzman
fromPrinceton-China
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 the nineteenth century, and his work is at the cutting edge of the field. This wide-ranging book gathers t…