Traditional Chinese Architecture

Zusatztext "This volume can be read as an introduction to Chinese architecture! or it can be used as a detailed reference tool. An important resource for anyone interested in architectural history." Informationen zum Autor Fu Xinian is professor of Chinese architecture at Tsinghua University. This is his first full-length book in English. Works that have appeared in Chinese include Architectural History ! Chinese Ancient Architecture ! and Ancient Chinese Architectural History . Nancy S. Steinhardt is professor of East Asian art and curator of Chinese art at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include Chinese Architecture in an Age of Turmoil and China's Early Mosques. Klappentext A groundbreaking book by one of the world's leading historians of Chinese architecture Translated by Alexandra Harrer 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 ed Zusammenfassung A groundbreaking book by one of the world's leading historians of Chinese architecture Translated by Alexandra Harrer 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 ed

Product details

• Authors: Xinian Fu, Fu Xinian
• Assisted by: Nancy Steinhardt (Editor), Nancy S. Steinhardt (Editor), Alexandra Harrer (Translation), Harrer Alexandra (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2017
• EAN: 9780691159997
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15999-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 198 mm x 245 mm x 35 mm
• Series: The Princeton-China Series; Princeton-China; The Princeton-China Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book; China, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, History of Architecture, Architectural structure and design, City and town planning: architectural aspects