TY  - GEN
T1  - Traditional Chinese architecture : twelve essays
T2  - Princeton-China series.
A1  - Fu, Xinian
A2  - Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman
A2  - Harrer, Alexandra
LA  - English
LA  - Chinese
PP  - Princeton, New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn983473934
AB  - "Fu Xinian (b. 1933) 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 together, for the first time in English, twelve seminal essays by Fu Xinian. It pays special attention to the technical aspects of the building tradition since the first millennium BC, and Fu Xinian's signature drawings abundantly illustrate its nuances. The essays delve into the modular basis for individual structures, complexes, and cities; lateral and longitudinal building frames; the unity of sculpture and building to create viewing angles; the influence of Chinese construction on Japanese architecture; and the reliability of images to inform us about architecture. Organized chronologically, the book also examines such topics as the representation of architecture on vessels in the Warring States period, early Buddhist architecture, and the evolution of imperial architecture from the Tang to Ming dynasty. A biography of Fu Xinian and a detailed Chinese-English glossary are included. Bringing together some of the most groundbreaking scholarship in Chinese architectural history, it showcases an uncontested master of the discipline"--Publisher's description.
OP  - 390
NO  - Translated from the Chinese.
CN  - NA1540 .F82513 2017eb
SN  - 9780300274073
SN  - 0300274076
SN  - 1400885132
SN  - 9781400885138
SN  - 0691159998
SN  - 9780691159997
KW  - Architecture : China.
KW  - Vernacular architecture : China.
KW  - Architecture : Chine.
KW  - ARCHITECTURE : Buildings : Public, Commercial & Industrial.
KW  - ARCHITECTURE : Project Management.
KW  - ARCHITECTURE : Security Design.
KW  - ARCHITECTURE : Regional.
KW  - Vernacular architecture
KW  - Architecture
KW  - China
ER  -