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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Chang'an Avenue and the modernization of Chinese architecture
  name:
    name part: Yu, Shuishan.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: ebrary, Inc
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: wau
    date issued: 2012
    edition: 1st ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages) : illustrations, plans.
  abstract: "In this interdisciplinary narrative, the never-ending "completion" of China's most important street offers a broad view of the relationship between art and ideology in modern China. Chang'an Avenue, named after China's ancient capital (whose name means "Eternal Peace"), is supremely symbolic. Running east-west through the centuries-old heart of Beijing, it intersects the powerful north-south axis that links the traditional centers of political and spiritual legitimacy (the imperial Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven). Among its best-known features are Tiananmen Square and the Great Hall of the People, as well as numerous other monuments and prominent political, cultural, financial, and travel-related institutions. Drawing on Chang'an Avenue's historic ties and modern transformations, this study explores the deep structure of the Chinese modernization project, providing both a big picture of Beijing's urban texture alteration and details in the design process of individual buildings.Political winds shift, architectural styles change, and technological innovations influence waves of demolition and reconstruction in this analysis of Chang'an Avenue's metamorphosis. During collective design processes, architects, urban planners, and politicians argue about form, function, and theory, and about Chinese vs. Western and traditional vs. modern style. Every decision is fraught with political significance, from the 1950s debate over whether Tiananmen Square should be open or partially closed; to the 1970s discussion of the proper location, scale, and design of the Mao Memorial/Mausoleum; to the more recent controversy over whether the egg-shaped National Theater, designed by the French architect Paul Andreu, is an affront to Chinese national pride.Shuishan Yu is associate professor of art history at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan."--
  table of contents: The History of Chang'an Avenue in an Urban Context -- National versus Modern: The 1950s -- Collective Creation: The 1964 Chang'an Avenue Planning -- Modernization in a Postmodern World: The 1970s and 1980s -- Collage without Planning: Toward the New Millennium -- Chang'an Avenue and the Axes of Beijing -- Conclusion: Chang'an Avenue in a Global Context.
  note: Shuishan Yu.
  note: Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Washington).
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-cc-pe
  subject:
    topic: Symbolism in architecture
    geographic: China
    geographic: Beijing
  subject:
    topic: City planning
    geographic: China
    geographic: Beijing
  subject:
    topic: Architecture and state
    geographic: China
    geographic: Beijing
  subject:
    geographic: Chang'an Jie (Beijing, China)
  subject:
    geographic: Beijing (China)
    topic: Buildings, structures, etc
  classification: NA9053.S7 Y8 2012eb
  classification: 720.951/156
  related item:
    title info:
      title: China Program book
  identifier: 9780295992136 (hardback)
  identifier: 9780295804484 (e-book)
  identifier: 2012027784
  identifier: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tamucs/detail.action
  record info:
    record content source: CaPaEBR
    record creation date: 130117
    record change date: 20250816223318.9
    record identifier: in00002868059