Chinese ArchitectureA comprehensive and authoritative study of Chinese architecture from Neolithic times to the late-19th century. Six of China's greatest architectural historians have joined with a leading Western scholar to write this text, a collaborative history of Chinese architecture. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY | 7 |
THE QIN AND HAN DYNASTIES | 33 |
B C E 220 C E HAN DYNASTY | 42 |
THE THREE KINGDOMS WESTERN AND EASTERN JIN | 61 |
THE SUI TANG AND FIVE DYNASTIES | 91 |
THE LIAO SONG XI XIA AND JIN DYNASTIES | 135 |
THE YUAN AND MING DYNASTIES | 199 |
THE QING DYNASTY | 261 |
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Chinese Architecture Xinian Fu,Daiheng Guo,Xujie Liu,Guxi Pan,Yun Qiao,Dazhang Sun Limited preview - 2002 |
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