Chinese architecture : a history / Nancy Steinhardt.
Chinese architecture : a history / Nancy Steinhardt.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
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GQ 2019/0436
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English
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ix, 388 pages : illustrations; 30 cm
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text
Media type
unmediated
Contents
Introduction: Beyond the forbidden city; Genesis of Chinese buildings and cities; Architecture of the First Emperor and his predecessors; Han architecture; And age of turmoil: three kingdoms, two jins, sixteen states; Northern dynasties and southern dynasties; Sui and Tang: architecture for empires;...
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Date Published
2019.
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Throughout history, China has maintained one of the world's richest built civilizations. The nation's architectural achievements range from its earliest walled cities and the First Emperor's vision of city and empire, to bridges, pagodas, and the twentieth-century constructions of the Socialist state. In this beautifully illustrated book, Nancy Sha...
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Chinese architecture : a history / Nancy Steinhardt.
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GQ 2019/0436
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74VKVxPMEM8Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxPMEM8Z
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ISBN
9780691169989
0691169985
DDC
720
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991024244812302626
