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Chinese architecture in an age of turmoil, 200-600 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : Hong Kong : University of Hawaiʻi Press ; Hong Kong University Press, [2014]
Series:Spatial habitus (Series)
Subjects:
Architecture > China > History > To 618.
Table of Contents:
  • Division and reorganization into visions of empire
  • Han beginnings
  • The third century: emergence of Buddhist architecture
  • The fourth century: permanent materials for worship, death, and defense
  • The fifth century: architecture for barbarian dynasties
  • The sixth century: wooden halls revealed
  • Patterns and achievements of third-through-sixth-century architecture
  • Seeing China through Korea and Japan.